- N48.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM N48.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N48.0 – other international versions of ICD-10 N48.0 may differ.
ICD-10-CM N48.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 729 Other male reproductive system diagnoses with cc/mcc
- 730 Other male reproductive system diagnoses without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Balanitis xerotica obliterans
- Kraurosis of penis
- Lichen sclerosus of external male genital organs
Type 1 Excludes
- carcinoma in situ of penis (D07.4)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N48.0:
- xerotica obliterans > Balanitis (circinata) (erosiva) (gangrenosa) (phagedenic) (vulgaris) N48.1
- penis > white-spot, meaning lichen sclerosus et atrophicus L90.0
- penis > Kraurosis
- penis (infectional) > Leukoplakia
- penis > albus L90.0
- penis > atrophicus L90.0
- penis > sclerosus (et atrophicus) L90.0