N48.2
Other inflammatory disorders of penis
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
N48.2 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other inflammatory disorders of penis. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are N48.21 Abscess of corpus cavernosum and penis, N48.22 Cellulitis of corpus cavernosum and penis and N48.29 Other inflammatory disorders of penis. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 3 Excludes1 entries and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
This code
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 14 Diseases of the genitourinary system
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)