Abdominal testis, bilateral

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2017, and a category header from FY2018.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

Q53.211 Bilateral intraabdominal testes
Q53.212 Bilateral inguinal testes

Use instead:

Q53.23 Bilateral high scrotal testes stated for FY2017

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Abdominal testis, bilateral
FY2018 Stopped being billable

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
Q53.20	Undescended testicle, unspecified, bilateral	Valid
Q53.22	Ectopic perineal testis, bilateral	Valid
Q53.23	Bilateral high scrotal testes	Valid