N32.0

N32.0: Bladder-neck obstruction

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N32.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bladder-neck obstruction. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N32.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

congenital bladder-neck obstruction (Q64.3-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Bladder-neck stenosis (acquired)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N32.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on N32: Other disorders of bladder

calculus of bladder (N21.0)
cystocele (N81.1-)
hernia or prolapse of bladder, female (N81.1-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

N32.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
A57050Billing and Coding: Post-Void Residual Urine and/or Bladder Capacity by Ultrasound
A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Marion's disease(bladder neck obstruction)
Disease, diseased›Marion's(bladder neck obstruction)
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›bladder-neck(acquired)
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›vesical NEC
Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›vesicourethral orifice
Stenosis, stenotic›bladder-neck(acquired)
Strangulation, strangulated›bladder-neck
Strangulation, strangulated›vesicourethral orifice
Stricture›vesicourethral orifice
Contraction, contracture, contracted›bladder›neck or sphincter
Contraction, contracture, contracted›urethra›orifice
Contraction, contracture, contracted›vesical›neck or urethral orifice

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.