2025 ICD-10-CM code N46.025
Azoospermia due to systemic disease.
Medical necessity for the evaluation and treatment of azoospermia is established by the patient's desire for fertility and the presence of azoospermia confirmed by semen analysis.
Diagnosis and treatment by a urologist or other specialist in male reproductive health.
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
- N46.02 Azoospermia due to extratesticular causesN46.0 AzoospermiaN46 Male infertility
In simple words: The inability to produce sperm due to a disease affecting the whole body.
Absence of sperm in the semen caused by a systemic disease.
Example 1: A 35-year-old male presents with primary infertility and is found to have azoospermia. Further workup reveals a diagnosis of diabetes, a systemic disease, which is deemed the cause of his azoospermia., A patient with a history of kidney failure (a systemic disease) is evaluated for infertility and is found to have azoospermia., A patient undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma (a systemic disease) experiences azoospermia as a side effect of the treatment.
Documentation should include medical history, physical exam findings, semen analysis results, and any other diagnostic tests performed to identify the underlying systemic disease causing the azoospermia.
** Excludes1: vasectomy status (Z98.52)
- Specialties:Urology, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
- Place of Service:Office, Outpatient Hospital, Inpatient Hospital