Urology Coding Alert

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 – Ectopic testes, bilateral
• Q53.10 – Unspecified undescended testicle, unilateral
• Q53.11 – Abdominal testis, unilateral
• Q53.12 – Ectopic perineal testis, unilateral
• Q53.20 – Undescended testicle, unspecified, bilateral
• Q53.21 – Abdominal testis, bilateral
• Q53.22 – Ectopic perineal testis, bilateral.