N43

Non-Billable

ChapterN00–N99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Hydrocele and spermatocele

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99).

CH14 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)

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

Instructional Notes

Includes

hydrocele of spermatic cord, testis or tunica vaginalis

Excludes1(Not coded here)

congenital hydrocele (P83.5)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH14Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)

N40-N53Diseases of male genital organs (N40-N53)

N43Hydrocele and spermatocele

N43.0Encysted hydrocele

N43.1Infected hydrocele

N43.2Other hydrocele

N43.3Hydrocele, unspecified

N43.4Spermatocele of epididymis

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to N43:

chapterCH14

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to N43. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

9 raw paths

Hydrocele (spermatic cord) (testis) (tunica vaginalis)5 unique routes

Direct index entry→N43

communicating→N43

encysted→N43

infected→N43

specified NEC→N43

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)1 unique routes

hydrocele→N43

Spermatocele3 unique routes

Direct index entry→N43

multiple→N43