N48.2 — Other inflammatory disorders of penis
N48.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other inflammatory disorders of penis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Other codes that can never be billed with N48.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N48.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N48.2 alone.
- N49Inflammatory disorders of male genital organs, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
N48.2 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead N48.2
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N48. If N48.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N48.2
- Is N48.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N48.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N48.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53).
- What cannot be coded together with N48.2?
- N48.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.