2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N42.81

Prostatodynia syndrome

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Adult Dx (15-124 years) Male Dx
  • N42.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N42.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N42.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 N42.81 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • N42.81 is applicable to adult patients aged 15 - 124 years inclusive.
  • N42.81 is applicable to male patients.
Applicable To
  • Painful prostate syndrome
The following code(s) above N42.81 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to N42.81:
  • N00-N99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99

    Diseases of the genitourinary system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • 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)
    Diseases of the genitourinary system
Approximate Synonyms
  • Prostadynia
  • Prostatic pain
ICD-10-CM N42.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 729 Other male reproductive system diagnoses with cc/mcc
  • 730 Other male reproductive system diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert N42.81 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N42.81:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N42.81
N41.9 Inflammatory disease of prostate, unspecified
N42 Other and unspecified disorders of prostate
N42.0 Calculus of prostate
N42.1 Congestion and hemorrhage of prostate
N42.3 Dysplasia of prostate
N42.30 Unspecified dysplasia of prostate
N42.31 Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
N42.32 Atypical small acinar proliferation of prostate
N42.39 Other dysplasia of prostate
N42.8 Other specified disorders of prostate
N42.81 Prostatodynia syndrome
N42.82 Prostatosis syndrome
N42.83 Cyst of prostate
N42.89 Other specified disorders of prostate
N42.9 Disorder of prostate, unspecified
N43 Hydrocele and spermatocele
N43.0 Encysted hydrocele
N43.1 Infected hydrocele
N43.2 Other hydrocele
N43.3 Hydrocele, unspecified
N43.4 Spermatocele of epididymis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.