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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N13.70
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N13.70
Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- N13.70 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N13.70 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N13.70 - other international versions of ICD-10 N13.70 may differ.
Applicable To- Vesicoureteral-reflux NOS
The following code(s) above
N13.70 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
N13.70:
- N00-N99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99
Diseases of the genitourinary systemType 2 Excludes- 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)
- N10-N16
2023 ICD-10-CM Range N10-N16
Renal tubulo-interstitial diseasesType 1 Excludes- pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
- N13
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N13
Obstructive and reflux uropathy
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- calculus of kidney and ureter without hydronephrosis (N20.-)
- congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter (Q62.0-Q62.3)
- hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (Q62.11)
- obstructive pyelonephritis (N11.1)
- N13.7
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N13.7
Vesicoureteral-reflux
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- reflux-associated pyelonephritis (N11.0)
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Vesicoureteric reflux
Clinical Information
- Abnormal flow of urine from the urinary bladder back into the ureters.
- Retrograde flow of urine from the urinary bladder into the ureter. This is often due to incompetence of the vesicoureteral valve leading to ascending bacterial infection into the kidney.
ICD-10-CM N13.70 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 698 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc
- 699 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc
- 700 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses without cc/mcc
Convert N13.70 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to N13.70:
- Reflux K21.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K21.9
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N13.70
N13.0 Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction
N13.1 Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified
N13.2 Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction
N13.3 Other and unspecified hydronephrosis
N13.30 Unspecified hydronephrosis
N13.5 Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis
N13.7 Vesicoureteral-reflux
N13.70
…… unspecified
N13.71 …… without reflux nephropathy
N13.72 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter
N13.73 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter
N13.8 Other obstructive and reflux uropathy
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
