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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

Q56 Indeterminate sex and pseudohermaphroditism

Header codeNot billable: use one of the 5 billable codes below

About Q56

Code
Q56
Billable
No, header
Short description
Indeterminate sex and pseudohermaphroditism
Block
Q50-Q56 Congenital malformations of genital organs
Chapter
17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for Q56

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • 46,XX true hermaphrodite (Q99.1)
  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
  • chimera 46,XX/46,XY true hermaphrodite (Q99.0)
  • female pseudohermaphroditism with adrenocortical disorder (E25.-)
  • pseudohermaphroditism with specified chromosomal anomaly (Q96-Q99)
  • pure gonadal dysgenesis (Q99.1)
Block Q50-Q56 notes (apply to every code in it)

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
  • syndromes associated with anomalies in the number and form of chromosomes (Q90-Q99)
Chapter 17 notes (apply to every code in it)

Note

  • Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)

Codes under Q56 5

Other categories in Q50-Q56

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