Undescended testicle, unilateral

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 4 more specific codes instead:

Q53.10 Unspecified undescended testicle, unilateral
Q53.11 Abdominal testis, unilateral (also a header)
Q53.12 Ectopic perineal testis, unilateral
Q53.13 Unilateral high scrotal 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 Undescended testicle, unilateral

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 the Q50-Q56 section Congenital malformations of genital organs (Q50-Q56)

Excludes1 - never coded here

androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
syndromes associated with anomalies in the number and form of chromosomes (Q90-Q99)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q53.0	Ectopic testis	Not billable
Q53.2	Undescended testicle, bilateral	Not billable
Q53.9	Undescended testicle, unspecified	Valid