N35

Non-Billable
ChapterN00–N99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Urethral stricture

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99).

CH14 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

N30-N39 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • urinary infection (complicating):
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • congenital urethral stricture (Q64.3-)
  • postprocedural urethral stricture (N99.1-)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH14Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
N30-N39Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)
N35Urethral strictureNot billable
N35.0Post-traumatic urethral strictureSubcodes
N35.1Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classifiedSubcodes
N35.8Other urethral strictureSubcodes
N35.9Urethral stricture, unspecifiedSubcodes

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to N35:

blockN30-N39
Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)
View context instructions
chapterCH14
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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