ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q50-Q56 › Q53 Undescended and ectopic testicle › Q53.9
Undescended testicle, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Undescended testicle, unspecified
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)
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.
- Undescended > testicle
- Imperfectly descended testis
- Maldescent, testis
- Inguinal > testicle
- Nondescent > testicle
- Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidism
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q53.0 | Ectopic testis | Not billable |
| Q53.1 | Undescended testicle, unilateral | Not billable |
| Q53.2 | Undescended testicle, bilateral | Not billable |