N48.3

Priapism

Non-billable header

N48.3 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Painful erection

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)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • underlying cause

Also known as

  • Painful erection

Parent code

  • N48Other disorders of penisHeader

More specific codes N48.3

  • N48.30Priapism, unspecifiedBillable
  • N48.31Priapism due to traumaBillable
  • N48.32Priapism due to disease classified elsewhereBillable
  • N48.33Priapism, drug-inducedBillable
  • N48.39Other priapismBillable

Related codes

  • N48.0Leukoplakia of penisBillable
  • N48.1BalanitisBillable
  • N48.2Other inflammatory disorders of penisHeader
  • N48.5Ulcer of penisBillable
  • N48.6Induration penis plasticaBillable
  • N48.8Other specified disorders of penisHeader
  • N48.9Disorder of penis, unspecifiedBillable

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