N50.89 — Other specified disorders of the male genital organs
N50.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of the male genital organs. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Atrophy of scrotum, seminal vesicle, spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens
- Chylocele, tunica vaginalis (nonfilarial) NOS
- Edema of scrotum, seminal vesicle, spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens
- Hypertrophy of scrotum, seminal vesicle, spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens
- Stricture of spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis, and vas deferens
- Ulcer of scrotum, seminal vesicle, spermatic cord, testis, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens
- Urethroscrotal fistula
Other codes that can never be billed with N50.89
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N50.89. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N50.89 alone.
Risk adjustment
N50.89 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N50.89 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A56758Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
- A57591Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Abdominal / Visceral Vascular Studies
- A57615Billing and Coding: Treatment of Males with Low Testosterone
How N50.89 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to N50.89.
- Malassez's disease(cystic)
- Spermatorrhea
- Adhesions, adhesive›epididymis
- Adhesions, adhesive›perivesicular(seminal vesicle)
- Adhesions, adhesive›seminal vesicle
- Adhesions, adhesive›spermatic cord(acquired)
- Atrophy, atrophic›epididymis
- Atrophy, atrophic›scrotum
- Atrophy, atrophic›seminal vesicle
- Atrophy, atrophic›spermatic cord
- Atrophy, atrophic›tunica vaginalis
- Atrophy, atrophic›vas deferens
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N50.8. If N50.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N50.89
- Is N50.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N50.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N50.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53).