AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Urethral Stricture

Codes were created to describe the following urethral strictures: Overlapping post-traumatic male urethral stricture of overlapping sites (N35.016); Post-infective male urethral stricture NEC (N35.116); Other male urethral strictures involving specific segments (N35.811-N35.814, N35.911-N35.914); Overlapping sites of the male urethra (N35.816 and N35.916); Unspecified sites of the male urethra (N35.819 and N35.919), Post-procedural overlapping male urethral stricture (N99.116), and  Other and unspecified female urethral stricture (N35.82 and N35.92). The urethra passes urine to the outside of the body. Inflammation of the urethra due to trauma, infection, neoplasm...

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