N48.3
Priapism
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
N48.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for priapism. 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 N48.30 Priapism, unspecified; N48.31 Priapism due to trauma; N48.32 Priapism due to disease classified elsewhere; N48.33 Priapism, drug-induced and 1 more. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Code first
If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.
This code
- underlying cause
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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Painful erection