Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

Not billable (header)Chapter 14

Report one of the more specific codes below.

Codes under this one

  • N99.0 Postprocedural (acute) (chronic) kidney failure
  • N99.1 Postprocedural urethral strictureHeader
  • N99.2 Postprocedural adhesions of vagina
  • N99.3 Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy
  • N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
  • N99.5 Complications of stoma of urinary tractHeader
  • N99.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure complicating a procedureHeader
  • N99.7 Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a procedureHeader
  • N99.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary systemHeader

Instructional notes

Chapter 14

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)

This code

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified (N99)

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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