icd-10 code for hydroureter

What is the ICD 10 code for congenital hydroureter?

Hydroureter congenital hydroureter (Q62.3-); hydroureter with infection (N13.6); vesicoureteral-reflux with hydroureter (N13.73-) ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N13.73 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter

What is the ICD 10 code for hydronephrosis?

Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction. N13.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM N13.2 became effective on October 1, 2018. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N13.2 - other international versions...

What is the ICD 10 code for chondromalacia?

N13.4 is a billable /specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM N13.4 became effective on October 1, 2018.

What is the ICD 10 code for nephrotic syndrome?

N13.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

What is the meaning of Hydroureter?

(HY-droh-YER-eh-ter) Abnormal enlargement of the ureter caused by any blockage that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.

What is the ICD-10 code for Hydronephrosis and Hydroureter?

N13. 4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM N13. 4 became effective on October 1, 2021.

What causes Hydroureter?

What are the Causes of Hydroureter? Hydroureter is most often caused by a blockage that keeps the bladder from emptying. This can cause fluid to back up into the ureters. There are also some cases with no known cause.

What is the ICD-10 code for bilateral ureteral obstruction?

Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction N13. 2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM N13. 2 became effective on October 1, 2021.

What is hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction?

Hydronephrosis is the swelling of a kidney due to a build-up of urine. It happens when urine cannot drain out from the kidney to the bladder from a blockage or obstruction. Hydronephrosis can occur in one or both kidneys. The main function of the urinary tract is to remove wastes and fluid from the body.

What is bilateral hydronephrosis of the kidney?

Bilateral hydronephrosis occurs when urine is unable to drain from the kidney into the bladder. Hydronephrosis is not itself a disease. It occurs as a result of a problem that prevents urine from draining out of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder.

Is Hydroureter the same as hydronephrosis?

Hydronephrosis is defined as dilatation and distension of the renal collecting system of one or both kidneys due to obstruction of urine outflow distal to the renal pelvis (i.e., ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra). Dilation of the ureter due to obstruction of urine outflow is called hydroureter.

What does Epispadia mean?

Epispadias is a rare congenital (present at birth) anomaly involving the development of the urethra (the tube that empties urine from the bladder). The urethra does not develop into a full tube and the urine exits the body from an abnormal location.

What causes blockage between kidney and bladder?

Various causes inside (intrinsic) or outside (extrinsic) the ureter can lead to ureteral obstruction, including: Kidney stones. Cancerous and noncancerous tumors. Blood clots.

What is the ICD 10 code for ureteropelvic junction obstruction?

ICD-10-CM Code for Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction N13. 0.

What is the ICD 10 code for urinary obstruction?

N13. 9 - Obstructive and reflux uropathy, unspecified. ICD-10-CM.

What is the ICD 10 code for ureteral stricture?

ICD-10-CM Code for Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified N13. 1.

The ICD code N13 is used to code Obstructive uropathy

Obstructive uropathy is a structural or functional hindrance of normal urine flow, sometimes leading to renal dysfunction (obstructive nephropathy).

Coding Notes for N13.4 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."

MS-DRG Mapping

DRG Group #691-694 - Urinary stones with esw lithotripsy with CC or MCC.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'N13.4 - Hydroureter'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code N13.4. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 593.5 was previously used, N13.4 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.