N48.1

Balanitis

Billable / specific

N48.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

amebic balanitis (A06.8)
balanitis xerotica obliterans (N48.0)
candidal balanitis (B37.42)
gonococcal balanitis (A54.23)
herpesviral [herpes simplex] balanitis (A60.01)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N48)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N48)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N48)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N48)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N48)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N48)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N48)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N48)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.