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Refer to N97.8 for Couple's Infertility Diagnosis
Published on Wed Feb 15, 2012
Question:
What diagnosis code should I use for an office visit where a patient and her husband cannot get pregnant due to the husband's oligospermia?Ohio Subscriber
Answer:
If you're billing the female patient's insurance, you should currently report 628.8 (
Infertility, female; of other specified origin). This is a "couple" diagnosis, so this is appropriate.
When your diagnosis coding system changes in 2013, you will report N97.8 (
Female infertility of other origin).