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N00-N99
Diseases of the genitourinary system
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Other diseases of the urinary system
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Urethritis and urethral syndrome
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N34.2
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N34.2
Other urethritis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- N34.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM N34.2 became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N34.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 N34.2 may differ.
Applicable To- Meatitis, urethral
- Postmenopausal urethritis
- Ulcer of urethra (meatus)
- Urethritis NOS
The following code(s) above
N34.2 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
N34.2:
- N00-N99
2020 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)
- N30-N39
2020 ICD-10-CM Range N30-N39
Other diseases of the urinary systemType 1 Excludes- urinary infection (complicating):
- abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)
- N34
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N34
Urethritis and urethral syndrome
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
- urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
- urethrotrigonitis (N30.3-)
Use Additional- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
- Bacterial urethritis
- Urethritis
Clinical Information
- Inflammation involving the urethra. Similar to cystitis, clinical symptoms range from vague discomfort to painful urination (dysuria), urethral discharge, or both.
- Inflammation of the urethra.
ICD-10-CM N34.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 689 Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc
- 690 Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc
Convert N34.2 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
Code annotations containing back-references to N34.2:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N34.2
N32.2 Vesical fistula, not elsewhere classified
N32.3 Diverticulum of bladder
N32.8 Other specified disorders of bladder
N32.89 Other specified disorders of bladder
N32.9 Bladder disorder, unspecified
N33 Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome
N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
N34.2
Other urethritis
N34.3 Urethral syndrome, unspecified
N35.0 Post-traumatic urethral stricture
N35.01 Post-traumatic urethral stricture, male
N35.011 Post-traumatic bulbous urethral stricture
N35.012 Post-traumatic membranous urethral stricture
N35.013 Post-traumatic anterior urethral stricture
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
