2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N35.811

Other urethral stricture, male, meatal

    2019 - New Code 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Male Dx
  • N35.811 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 N35.811 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N35.811 - other international versions of ICD-10 N35.811 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • N35.811 is applicable to male patients.
The following code(s) above N35.811 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 N35.811:
  • N00-N99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99

    Diseases of the genitourinary system

    Type 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)
    Diseases of the genitourinary system
  • N30-N39
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N30-N39

    Other diseases of the urinary system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • urinary infection (complicating):
    • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
    • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)
    Other diseases of the urinary system
  • N35
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N35

    Urethral stricture

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • congenital urethral stricture (Q64.3-)
    • postprocedural urethral stricture (N99.1-)
    Urethral stricture
  • N35.8
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N35.8

    Other urethral stricture

      2016 2017 2018 2019 - Converted to Parent Code 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • postprocedural urethral stricture (N99.1-)
    Other urethral stricture
ICD-10-CM N35.811 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 697 Urethral stricture
Code History
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): New code
  • 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N35.811:
  • Stricture - see also Stenosis
    • urethra (organic) (spasmodic) N35.919
      - see also Stricture, urethra, male
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N35.919

      Unspecified urethral stricture, male, unspecified site

        2019 - New Code 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Male Dx
      Applicable To
      • Pinhole meatus NOS
      • Urethral stricture NOS
      • specified cause NEC
        • male N35.819
          ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N35.819

          Other urethral stricture, male, unspecified site

            2019 - New Code 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Male Dx
          • meatal N35.811

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N35.811
N35.11 Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
N35.111 …… meatal
N35.112 Postinfective bulbous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
N35.113 Postinfective membranous urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
N35.114 Postinfective anterior urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified, male
N35.116 …… overlapping sites
N35.119 …… unspecified
N35.12 …… female
N35.8 Other urethral stricture
N35.81 Other urethral stricture, male
N35.811 …… meatal
N35.812 Other urethral bulbous stricture, male
N35.813 Other membranous urethral stricture, male
N35.814 Other anterior urethral stricture, male
N35.816 …… overlapping sites
N35.819 …… unspecified site
N35.82 …… female
N35.9 Urethral stricture, unspecified
N35.91 Urethral stricture, unspecified, male
N35.911 Unspecified urethral stricture, male, meatal
N35.912 Unspecified bulbous urethral stricture, male

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