N48.32 Priapism due to disease classified elsewhere

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applies from N48.3 Priapism

Applicable to

• Painful erection

Code first

• underlying cause

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 729-730 in MDC 12.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 607.3 Priapism (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Manifestation codes as principal diagnosis: Manifestation codes describe the manifestation of an underlying disease, not the disease itself, and are not allowed as principal diagnosis.

Code annotations containing back-references to N48.32

Back-references to N48.32

• Use Additional: D57.09 Hb-SS disease with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")
• Use Additional: D57.218 Sickle-cell/Hb-C disease with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")
• Use Additional: D57.418 Sickle-cell thalassemia, unspecified, with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")
• Use Additional: D57.438 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta zero with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")
• Use Additional: D57.458 Sickle-cell thalassemia beta plus with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")
• Use Additional: D57.818 Other sickle-cell disorders with crisis with other specified complication ("priapism (N48.32)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N48.32

• Priapism › due to › disease classified elsewhere

Nearby codes

• N48.22 Cellulitis of corpus cavernosum and penis
• N48.29 Other inflammatory disorders of penis
• N48.3 Priapism
• N48.30 Priapism, unspecified
• N48.31 Priapism due to trauma
• N48.32 Priapism due to disease classified elsewhere (this code)
• N48.33 Priapism, drug-induced
• N48.39 Other priapism
• N48.5 Ulcer of penis
• N48.6 Induration penis plastica
• N48.8 Other specified disorders of penis