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N50.81 ICD-10-CM Code: Testicular pain

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 Excludes2

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for N50.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on N50.81 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from N50

Coder workflow for N50.81

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code N50.81

  1. N50.81 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

    ReviewN50.811, N50.812, N50.819

    See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath N50.81?
    Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
    No → N50.81 cannot be reported as written; query for the specificity its subcategory needs.

    ReviewN50.811, N50.812, N50.819

Consider N50.81. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of N50.81(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in N50.81. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareN44.0

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Code Overview

Testicular pain is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (N50.81). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name N50.81 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 11 Excludes2 notes: R10 — Abdominal and pelvic pain (via N50.-), R10-R19 — Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19) (via N50.-), R11 — Nausea and vomiting (via N50.-), R12 — Heartburn (via N50.-), R13 — Aphagia and dysphagia (via N50.-), R14 — Flatulence and related conditions (via N50.-), R15 — Fecal incontinence (via N50.-), R16 — Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, not elsewhere classified (via N50.-), R17 — Unspecified jaundice (via N50.-), R18 — Ascites (via N50.-), R19 — Other symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (via N50.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Related Codes

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Pain”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

M79.60 — Pain in limb, unspecified (limb, lower), M79.609 — Pain in unspecified limb (limb), M79.62 — Pain in upper arm (axillary), M79.63 — Pain in forearm (limb, upper, forearm), M79.64 — Pain in hand and fingers (limb, upper, hand), M79.65 — Pain in thigh (limb, lower, thigh), M79.66 — Pain in lower leg (limb, lower, lower leg), M79.67 — Pain in foot and toes (limb, lower, toe), N23 — Unspecified renal colic (ureter), N48.89 — Other specified disorders of penis (penis), N64.4 — Mastodynia (breast), N94.0 — Mittelschmerz (ovulation), N94.3 — Premenstrual tension syndrome (premenstrual), N94.6 — Dysmenorrhea, unspecified (menstrual), N94.89 — Other specified conditions associated with female genital organs and menstrual cycle (ovary), R07.0 — Pain in throat (throat), R07.1 — Chest pain on breathing (diaphragm), R07.2 — Precordial pain (substernal), R07.81 — Pleurodynia (chest, pleurodynia), R07.82 — Intercostal pain (intercostal), +78 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of N50.81 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run N50.81 with these 8 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (11)

Nearest codes (11)

Change history

Common coding questions

Can N50.81 be billed directly?

No. N50.81 (Testicular pain) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Labels on this page: Official source data · MedCoder structured relationship · MedCoder explanation. How to read the labels · All data sources and release dates

Cite this page

Reference this page in a research guide, syllabus or article. The release is included because code content changes each year.

MedCoder.ai. "N50.81 — Testicular pain." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/n50.81-testicular-pain

Change history

  • FY2017 — October 1, 2016
    Added to the code set
    Testicular pain
    FY2017 changes

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to N50.81 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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