Malignant neoplasm of undescended testis

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

C62.00 Malignant neoplasm of unspecified undescended testis
C62.01 Malignant neoplasm of undescended right testis
C62.02 Malignant neoplasm of undescended left testis

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Malignant neoplasm of undescended testis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from C62 Malignant neoplasm of testis

Use additional code

code to identify any functional activity

Inherited from the C60-C63 section Malignant neoplasms of male genital organs (C60-C63)

Includes

malignant neoplasm of skin of male genital organs

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Embryoma > testis > undescended
Teratoma > testis > undescended
Embryoma > malignant > testis > undescended
Neoplasm, neoplastic > testis, testes > ectopic
Neoplasm, neoplastic > testis, testes > retained
Neoplasm, neoplastic > testis, testes > undescended

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
C62.1	Malignant neoplasm of descended testis	Not billable
C62.9	Malignant neoplasm of testis, unspecified whether descended or undescended	Not billable