N46 — Male infertility
Is N46 billable?
No — N46 is a non-billable header code. N46 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 16 billable codes beneath N46.
Billable codes under this header
- N46.8Other male infertility
- N46.9Male infertility, unspecified
- N46.01Organic azoospermia
- N46.11Organic oligospermia
- N46.021Azoospermia due to drug therapy
- N46.022Azoospermia due to infection
- N46.023Azoospermia due to obstruction of efferent ducts
- N46.024Azoospermia due to radiation
- N46.025Azoospermia due to systemic disease
- N46.029Azoospermia due to other extratesticular causes
- N46.121Oligospermia due to drug therapy
- N46.122Oligospermia due to infection
- N46.123Oligospermia due to obstruction of efferent ducts
- N46.124Oligospermia due to radiation
- N46.125Oligospermia due to systemic disease
- N46.129Oligospermia due to other extratesticular causes
N46 at a glance
| Code | N46 |
|---|---|
| Description | Male infertility |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with N46 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- vasectomy status (Z98.52)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 14
The conditions below are not part of N46, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N46 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
What codes fall under N46? (4)
How long has N46 existed?
N46 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.