N43.0

Encysted hydrocele

Billable / specific

N43.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from N43)

  • hydrocele of spermatic cord, testis or tunica vaginalis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N43)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N43)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N43)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N43)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N43)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N43)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N43)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N43)

Also known as

  • Hydrocele, encysted
  • Infection, infected, infective, hydrocele

Parent code

  • N43Hydrocele and spermatoceleHeader

Related codes

  • N43.1Infected hydroceleBillable
  • N43.2Other hydroceleBillable
  • N43.3Hydrocele, unspecifiedBillable
  • N43.4Spermatocele of epididymisHeader

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