Encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Encounter for testing of male partner of habitual aborter
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Encounter for testing of male partner of habitual aborter~~ Encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

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 Z31 Encounter for procreative management

Excludes2 - not included here

complications associated with artificial fertilization (N98.-)
female infertility (N97.-)
male infertility (N46.-)

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.

Admission
Encounter > testing
Encounter > screening
Adjustment > implanted device
Encounter > genetic > testing
Screening > genetic - for procreative management
Test, tests, testing > skin, diagnostic > allergy > special screening examination
Test, tests, testing > male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss
Test, tests, testing > genetic > male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Z31.440	Encounter of male for testing for genetic disease carrier status for procreative management	Valid
Z31.448	Encounter for other genetic testing of male for procreative management	Valid

At a glance

Code: Z31.441
System: ICD-10-CM
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: Z31.44
POA: Exempt from present-on-admission reporting

Where this code sits

Chapter Z00-Z99 Factors influencing health status and contact with health services
Section Z30-Z39 Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction
Category Z31.44 Encounter for genetic testing of male for procreative management
This code Z31.441 Encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss

Source

ICD-10-CM FY2027 code set, published by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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