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Z98.52 ICD-10-CM Code: Vasectomy status

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
2 Excludes1 · 4 Excludes2 · 1 code-also instruction

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for Z98.52 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 Z98.52 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from Z98.5

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

Source: inherited from Z98

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • any follow-up examination (Z08-Z09)

Source: inherited from Z77-Z99

Coder workflow for Z98.52

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

Before you code Z98.52

  1. Confirm the reason for the encounter this Z code records: a status — a condition, carrier state or sequela that may affect care, distinct from a current complication of it. Check whether the code may be reported as first-listed or principal — some Z codes are limited to one position — and do not report a history or status code for a condition documented as current. Z code categories and their reporting positions (Guidelines I.C.21.c.3, I.C.21.c.15).

    Guide: Status codes (Z codes) →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with Z98.52. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in Z98.52’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewN97, N46

Consider Z98.52. Then review the Code Also note, and 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).
The reason for the encounter
Whether the code records the encounter’s purpose, a status, or a history — and whether it may be first-listed (Guidelines I.C.21.c).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting Z98.52(2 notes)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with Z98.52: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareN97, N46

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

  • Excludes2 — not part of Z98.52(4 notes)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in Z98.52. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareZ51, I27.84

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

  • Code Also — related condition(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Review the related condition when both are documented and the instruction applies. A Code Also note does not fix sequencing; the order follows the circumstances of the encounter.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.17

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition Z98.52 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewN97, N46

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

Vasectomy status is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z98.52).

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

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Official Coding Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Verbatim excerpts from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (CMS/NCHS) that govern this code.

Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

Code Z92.82 is only applicable to the receiving facility record and not to the transferring facility record. Z93 Artificial opening status Z94 Transplanted organ and tissue status Z95 Presence of cardiac and vascular implants and grafts Z96 Presence of other functional implants Z97 Presence of other devices Z98 Other postprocedural states Assign code Z98.85, Transplanted organ removal status, to indicate that a transplanted organ has been previously removed. This code should not be assigned for the encounter in which the transplanted organ is removed. The complication necessitating removal of the transplant organ should be assigned for that encounter.

Decision Points

The directives on this code's own record, as a pre-claim checklist.

  1. 1 Code Also note — a second code may apply; the guidelines leave its sequencing to the circumstances of the encounter. See the Code Also notes
  2. 2 Excludes1 entries — codes named there are generally not reported together with this code (Guidelines I.A.12.a). See the Excludes1 notes
  3. 4 Excludes2 entries — those conditions are not part of this code and may be reported additionally when documented. See the Excludes2 notes

Checklist rows are derived from this code's own official directives; the wording of each check is MedCoder editorial. The official notes themselves are in the sections each row links to.

Verify Before Coding

  • Principal-diagnosis restriction. The Medicare Code Editor lists this code as unacceptable as a principal diagnosis: it describes a circumstance influencing health status rather than a current illness or injury being treated. It is valid as a secondary diagnosis.
  • Age-restricted: the Medicare Code Editor lists this as an adult (age 15-124) diagnosis; other ages are presumed incorrect.

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 Z98.52 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 1 Excludes1 note: N46 — Male infertility.

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 3 Excludes2 notes: Z78 — Other specified health status (via Z98.-), Z87.7 — Personal history of (corrected) congenital malformations (via Z98.-), Z92 — Personal history of medical treatment (via Z98.-).

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

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 951 (MDC 23).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):FAC013 — Contraceptive and procreative management (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Principal diagnosis restriction (Medicare Code Editor)

Not acceptable as a principal diagnosis on an inpatient claim.

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Contraceptive and procreative management).

Z31.42 — Aftercare following sterilization reversal, Z31.430 — Encounter of female for testing for genetic disease carrier status for procreative management, Z31.438 — Encounter for other genetic testing of female for procreative management, Z31.440 — Encounter of male for testing for genetic disease carrier status for procreative management, Z31.441 — Encounter for testing of male partner of patient with recurrent pregnancy loss, Z31.448 — Encounter for other genetic testing of male for procreative management, Z31.49 — Encounter for other procreative investigation and testing, Z31.5 — Encounter for procreative genetic counseling, Z31.61 — Procreative counseling and advice using natural family planning, Z31.62 — Encounter for fertility preservation counseling, Z31.69 — Encounter for other general counseling and advice on procreation, Z31.7 — Encounter for procreative management and counseling for gestational carrier, Z31.81 — Encounter for male factor infertility in female patient, Z31.82 — Encounter for Rh incompatibility status, Z31.83 — Encounter for assisted reproductive fertility procedure cycle, Z31.84 — Encounter for fertility preservation procedure, Z31.89 — Encounter for other procreative management, Z31.9 — Encounter for procreative management, unspecified, Z97.5 — Presence of (intrauterine) contraceptive device, Z98.51 — Tubal ligation status, +27 more

Same Index main term, other category

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

Z93.8 — Other artificial opening status (vagina, artificial), Z93.9 — Artificial opening status, unspecified (artificial opening), Z95.0 — Presence of cardiac pacemaker (pacemaker, cardiac), Z95.1 — Presence of aortocoronary bypass graft (aortocoronary bypass), Z95.2 — Presence of prosthetic heart valve (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, heart, valve), Z95.5 — Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graft (prosthesis coronary angioplasty), Z95.812 — Presence of fully implantable artificial heart (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, heart), Z95.820 — Peripheral vascular angioplasty status with implants and grafts (angioplasty, with implant), Z95.828 — Presence of other vascular implants and grafts (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, artery), Z96.0 — Presence of urogenital implants (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, bladder), Z96.1 — Presence of intraocular lens (pseudophakia), Z96.3 — Presence of artificial larynx (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, larynx), Z96.60 — Presence of unspecified orthopedic joint implant (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, joint), Z96.698 — Presence of other orthopedic joint implants (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, joint, specified site NEC), Z96.89 — Presence of other specified functional implants (pacemaker, brain), Z97.0 — Presence of artificial eye (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, eye globe), Z97.8 — Presence of other specified devices (organ replacement, by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of, lung), Z99.11 — Dependence on respirator [ventilator] status (ventilator), Z99.2 — Dependence on renal dialysis (dialysis), Z99.3 — Dependence on wheelchair (wheelchair confinement), +62 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of Z98.52 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 Z98.52 with these 4 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

  • N46 — Male infertility[Excludes1]: “vasectomy status (Z98.52)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 23 — Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services[MDC crossing]: “Factors Influencing Health Status and Other Contacts with Health Services — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 1,235 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

  • Status (post), vasectomy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Nearest codes (30)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

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
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2026), quoted by section 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
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 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.

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

MedCoder.ai. "Z98.52 — Vasectomy status." ICD-10-CM FY2026. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/z98.52-vasectomy-status

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Vasectomy status

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z98.52 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the Z98 family