N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome

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N34.0 Urethral abscess
N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
N34.2 Other urethritis
N34.3 Urethral syndrome, unspecified

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

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)

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

urinary infection (complicating):
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
urethrotrigonitis (N30.3-)

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code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N30-N39 Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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