Benign prostatic hyperplasia - N40
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code N40 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- adenofibromatous hypertrophy of prostate
- benign hypertrophy of the prostate
- benign prostatic hypertrophy
- BPH
- enlarged prostate
- nodular prostate
- polyp of prostate
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- benign neoplasms of prostate (adenoma, benign) (fibroadenoma) (fibroma) (myoma) (D29.1)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61)
These ranges represents subcategories of Benign prostatic hyperplasia. The "N40" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.