Terminology Check:
Get Familiar With Your Options for Cryptochidism
Published on Fri May 19, 2017
The scientific name for the absence of one or both testes from the scrotum is cryptorchidism; it is the most common birth defect of the male genitalia. When the urologist diagnoses this condition, you have numerous ICD-10 codes to consider in the Q53 (Undescended and ectopic testicle) family: Q53.00 – Ectopic testis, unspecified Q53.01 – Ectopic testis, unilateral Q53.02 – [...]