N34
N34 — Urethritis and urethral syndrome
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
N34 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for urethritis and urethral syndrome. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Other codes that can never be billed with N34
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N34. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N34 alone.
- N39.0Urinary tract infection, site not specified
Risk adjustment
N34 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead N34
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about N34
- Is N34 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N34 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N34 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).