N49.9

Inflammatory disorder of unspecified male genital organ

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 5 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 10 never code together

N49code

Excludes1

inflammation of penis (N48.1, N48.2-)N48.1 N48.2-
orchitis and epididymitis (N45.-)N45.-

N00-N99chapter

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5

N49code

Use additional code

code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agentB95-B97

N49.9code

Inclusion terms

Abscess of unspecified male genital organ
Boil of unspecified male genital organ
Carbuncle of unspecified male genital organ
Cellulitis of unspecified male genital organ

Index entries leading here 4

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
- genital organ or tract
  - male N49.9
Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) L03.90
- genital organ NEC
  - male N49.9
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- genital organ (internal) (diffuse)
  - male N49.9
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
- genital organ or tract
  - male N49.9

Alongside this code 5 same parent — N49

N49.0 Inflammatory disorders of seminal vesicle N49.1 Inflam disorders of sperm cord, tunica vaginalis and vas def N49.2 Inflammatory disorders of scrotum N49.3 Fournier gangrene N49.8 Inflammatory disorders of oth male genital organs

Medications 2

185 Genital Diseases, Male drugs 99 Genital Neoplasms, Male drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: N49
Block: N40-N53
Siblings: 5

Present FY2024–FY2027.