ICD-10:
Follow the BPH Disappearing Act
Published on Wed Dec 10, 2014
You won’t find the term in the new diagnosis code set.
If you can’t find the code descriptor “benign prostatic hyperplasia” (BPH) in ICD-10, does that mean you won’t have a way to report the condition once the new code set goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2015?
No: You may not see the term “BPH” as an ICD-10 code definition, but you’ll see the same condition under a different name: enlarged prostate.
Do this: Beginning Oct. 1, report the condition using one of these codes:
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N40.0 — Enlarged prostate without lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)
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N40.1 — Enlarged prostate with lower urinary tract symptoms (luts).
You’ll choose one of the preceding two codes instead of one of the following six ICD-9 codes once you make the diagnosis code-set switch next fall:
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600.00 — Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate without urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)
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600.01 — Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate with urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)
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600.20 — Benign localized hyperplasia of prostate without urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)
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600.21 — Benign localized hyperplasia of prostate with urinary obstruction and other lower urinary tract symptoms (luts)
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600.90 — Hyperplasia of prostate, unspecified, without urinary obstruction and other lower urinary symptoms (luts)
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600.91 — Hyperplasia of prostate, unspecified, with urinary obstruction and other lower urinary symptoms (luts).
