Z31.44Encounter for genetic testing of male for procreative management

Z31.44 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for encounter for genetic testing of male for procreative management. It belongs to category Z31 (encounter for procreative management), block Z30-Z39 (persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction) and chapter 21 (factors influencing health status and contact with health services). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within Z31.4 (encounter for procreative investigation and testing), Z31.44 is specifically for encounter for genetic testing of male for procreative management. Related codes cover encounter for fertility testing (Z31.41), aftercare following sterilization reversal (Z31.42), encounter for genetic testing of female for procreative management (Z31.43) and encounter for other procreative investigation and testing (Z31.49).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: Z31.440 (management), Z31.441 (loss) and Z31.448 (management).

Don't report Z31.44 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: nonprocreative genetic testing (Z13.7-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.