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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N21.9
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N21.9
Calculus of lower urinary tract, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- N21.9 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 N21.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N21.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 N21.9 may differ.
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A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as N21.9. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
N21.9 contain annotation back-references
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N21.9:
Approximate Synonyms
- Calculus of lower urinary tract
- Calculus, lower urinary tract
ICD-10-CM N21.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 693 Urinary stones with mcc
- 694 Urinary stones without mcc
Convert N21.9 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
- Calculus, calculi, calculous
- urinary (duct) (impacted) (passage) (tract) N20.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N20.9
Urinary calculus, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- Stone(s) - see also Calculus
- urinary (duct) (impacted) (passage) N20.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N20.9
Urinary calculus, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N21.9
N19 Unspecified kidney failure
N20 Calculus of kidney and ureter
N20.2 Calculus of kidney with calculus of ureter
N20.9 Urinary calculus, unspecified
N21 Calculus of lower urinary tract
N21.0 Calculus in bladder
N21.1 Calculus in urethra
N21.8 Other lower urinary tract calculus
N21.9
Calculus of lower urinary tract, unspecified
N22 Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere
N23 Unspecified renal colic
N25 Disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.0 Renal osteodystrophy
N25.1 Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
N25.8 Other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.81 Secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin
N25.89 Other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.9 Disorder resulting from impaired renal tubular function, unspecified
N26 Unspecified contracted kidney
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.