Abscess of corpus cavernosum and penis
Billable / specific
N48.21 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.
Excludes2
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)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Abscess, corpus, cavernosum
- Abscess, parafrenal
- Abscess, penis
- Carbuncle, corpus cavernosum
- Carbuncle, penis
- Disease, diseased, inflammatory, penis, abscess
- Disease, diseased, penis, inflammatory, abscess
- Disorder, inflammatory, penis, abscess
- Furuncle, corpus cavernosum
- Furuncle, penis
Parent code
- N48.2Other inflammatory disorders of penisHeader