AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES
Postprocedural Erectile Dysfunction
Code subcategory N52.3, Postprocedural erectile dysfunction, has been expanded to uniquely identify erectile dysfunction following radiation therapy (N52.35), erectile dysfunction following interstitial seed therapy (N52.36) and erectile dysfunction following prostate ablative therapy (N52.37). Previously, these conditions were not represented under code subcategory N52.3, therefore, there was no accurate estimate of the number of cases of erectile dysfunction caused by other less invasive procedures, such as external beam radiation therapy, brachytherapy, and ablative therapies of the prostate. Erectile dysfunction (ED) can begin immediately following the removal of the entire prostate and surrounding tissues. However, the...
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