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Category · FY2027

Q53 Undescended and ectopic testicle

  • Header · not billable

Q53 is not billable. The category heads 14 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 4 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Maldescent, testis → Q53.9
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidism → Q53.9
  • Inguinaltesticle → Q53.9

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)
  2. Q50-Q56 Congenital malformations of genital organs (Q50-Q56)
  3. Q53 Undescended and ectopic testicle
Billable codes
14
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
31

Codes in Q53

  1. Q53.0
    Ectopic testis
    Header
  2. Q53.00
    Ectopic testis, unspecified
    BillableExempt
  3. Q53.01
    Ectopic testis, unilateral
    BillableExempt
  4. Q53.02
    Ectopic testes, bilateral
    BillableExempt
  5. Q53.1
    Undescended testicle, unilateral
    Header
  6. Q53.10
    Unspecified undescended testicle, unilateral
    BillableExempt
  7. Q53.11
    Abdominal testis, unilateral
    Header
  8. Q53.111
    Unilateral intraabdominal testis
    BillableExempt
  9. Q53.112
    Unilateral inguinal testis
    BillableExempt
  10. Q53.12
    Ectopic perineal testis, unilateral
    BillableExempt
  11. Q53.13
    Unilateral high scrotal testis
    BillableExempt
  12. Q53.2
    Undescended testicle, bilateral
    Header
  13. Q53.20
    Undescended testicle, unspecified, bilateral
    BillableExempt
  14. Q53.21
    Abdominal testis, bilateral
    Header
  15. Q53.211
    Bilateral intraabdominal testes
    BillableExempt
  16. Q53.212
    Bilateral inguinal testes
    BillableExempt
  17. Q53.22
    Ectopic perineal testis, bilateral
    BillableExempt
  18. Q53.23
    Bilateral high scrotal testes
    BillableExempt
  19. Q53.9
    Undescended testicle, unspecified
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cryptorchism NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block Q50-Q56 instructions (Excludes1 2): printed on the block page.

Chapter 17 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 17 page.

Index entries

  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidism → Q53.9
  • Maldescent, testis → Q53.9
  • Ectopic, ectopia (congenital)testis → Q53.00
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismunilateral → Q53.10
  • Maldescent, testisunilateral → Q53.10
  • Intraabdominal testis, testesunilateral → Q53.111
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismbilateral → Q53.20
  • Maldescent, testisbilateral → Q53.20
  • Intraabdominal testis, testesbilateral → Q53.211
  • Inguinaltesticle → Q53.9
  • Nondescent (congenital)testicle → Q53.9
  • Ectopic, ectopia (congenital)testisunilateral → Q53.01
  • Ectopic, ectopia (congenital)testisbilateral → Q53.02
  • Nondescent (congenital)testicleunilateral → Q53.10
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismunilateralabdominal → Q53.111
  • Maldescent, testisunilateralabdominal → Q53.111
  • Inguinaltesticleunilateral → Q53.112
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismunilateralperineal → Q53.12
  • Maldescent, testisunilateralperineal → Q53.12
  • Highscrotal testis, testesunilateral → Q53.13
  • Nondescent (congenital)testiclebilateral → Q53.20
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismbilateralabdominal → Q53.211
  • Maldescent, testisbilateralabdominal → Q53.211
  • Inguinaltesticlebilateral → Q53.212
  • Cryptorchid, cryptorchism, cryptorchidismbilateralperineal → Q53.22
  • Maldescent, testisbilateralperineal → Q53.22
  • Highscrotal testis, testesbilateral → Q53.23
  • Nondescent (congenital)testicleunilateralabdominal → Q53.111
  • Nondescent (congenital)testicleunilateralperineal → Q53.12
  • Nondescent (congenital)testiclebilateralabdominal → Q53.211
  • Nondescent (congenital)testiclebilateralperineal → Q53.22

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