Find information on testicle pain diagnosis, including differential diagnoses, ICD-10 codes (N50.9, R20.2), medical coding guidelines, clinical documentation best practices, and healthcare resources. Learn about scrotal pain, orchialgia, testicular torsion, epididymitis, inguinal hernia, and other related conditions. Explore symptoms, causes, and treatment options for testicle pain with this comprehensive guide for healthcare professionals, coders, and patients.
Also known as
Disorders of male genital organs
Covers various testicular conditions including pain.
Symptoms and signs involving abdomen and pelvis
Includes abdominal and pelvic pain which may relate to testicular pain.
Other disorders of male genital organs
Encompasses other male genital disorders that could manifest as testicular pain.
Follow this step-by-step guide to choose the correct ICD-10 code.
Is the testicle pain traumatic in origin?
Yes
Open wound?
No
Is there evidence of infection/inflammation?
When to use each related code
Description |
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Testicle pain |
Epididymitis |
Testicular torsion |
Using unspecified pain codes (e.g., R10.9) without sufficient documentation to support a more specific testicle pain diagnosis (e.g., orchitis, epididymitis).
Failing to document laterality (right, left, or bilateral) when coding testicle pain, impacting medical necessity for procedures or imaging.
Incorrectly coding traumatic testicle pain (e.g., S30.0) as non-traumatic (e.g., N50.1), leading to inaccurate reporting and reimbursement.
Patient presents with chief complaint of testicle pain. Onset of testicular pain was (onset duration e.g., two days ago, gradual over several weeks). The pain is characterized as (pain quality e.g., sharp, dull, aching, throbbing) and located in the (location e.g., right testicle, left testicle, both testicles, radiating to groin). Pain severity is (pain scale 0-10). Associated symptoms include (e.g., nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, urinary symptoms such as dysuria, frequency, urgency, hematuria, scrotal swelling, redness, tenderness, trauma to the groin or scrotum, abdominal pain, lower back pain). Patient denies (pertinent negatives e.g., trauma, fever, recent sexual activity). Physical examination reveals (e.g., normal testicular lie, scrotal edema, erythema, tenderness to palpation of the (leftright) testicleepididymis, positive Prehn's sign, positive Cremasteric reflex). Differential diagnosis includes epididymitis, orchitis, testicular torsion, inguinal hernia, hydrocele, varicocele, spermatocele, testicular trauma, referred pain. Plan includes (e.g., scrotal ultrasound, urinalysis with microscopy and culture, pain management with ibuprofen or other appropriate analgesics, antibiotics if infection suspected, surgical consult if testicular torsion suspected, patient education regarding testicular self-examination, follow-up appointment scheduled). Diagnosis: Testicular pain. ICD-10 code: (appropriate ICD-10 code based on clinical findings, e.g., R20.81 Pain in right testicle, R20.82 Pain in left testicle).