ICD-10-CM › C00-D49 › C60-C63 › C62 Malignant neoplasm of testis › C62.9
Malignant neoplasm of testis, unspecified whether descended or undescended
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
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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 testis, unspecified whether descended or undescended
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
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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.
- Seminoma
- Orchioblastoma
- Spermatocytoma
- Embryoma > testis
- Teratoma > testis
- Embryoma > malignant > testis
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > testis, testes
- Sertoli cell > carcinoma > unspecified site
- Leydig cell > carcinoma > unspecified site > male
- Leydig cell > tumor > malignant > unspecified site > male
- Neoplasm, neoplastic > testis, testes > unspecified whether descended or undescended
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| C62.0 | Malignant neoplasm of undescended testis | Not billable |
| C62.1 | Malignant neoplasm of descended testis | Not billable |