ICD-10-CM Code N35.1
Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code N35.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of N35.1 that describes the diagnosis 'postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified' in more detail.
- N35.1 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- N35.111 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, meatal BILLABLE
- N35.112 Postinfective bulbous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified BILLABLE
- N35.113 Postinfective membranous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified BILLABLE
- N35.114 Postinfective anterior urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified BILLABLE
- N35.119 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male, unspecified BILLABLE
- BILLABLE N35.12 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, female
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The ICD code N35 is used to code Urethral stricture
A urethral stricture is a narrowing of the urethra caused by injury, instrumentation, infection and certain non-infectious forms of urethritis.
| Specialty: | Urology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 598 |
Urethra is tube at center.
Coding Notes for N35.1 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Urethral stricture associated with schistosomiasis (B65.-, - instead, use Code N29
- Gonococcal urethral stricture - instead, use code A54.01
- Syphilitic urethral stricture - instead, use code A52.76
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'N35.1 - Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code N35.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: N35 - Urethral stricture