N34.0 — Urethral abscess
N34.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for urethral abscess. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- urethral caruncle (N36.2)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Abscess (of) Cowper's gland
- Abscess (of) Littré's gland
- Abscess (of) urethral (gland)
- Periurethral abscess
Risk adjustment
N34.0 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.
How N34.0 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to N34.0.
- Abscess›bulbourethral gland
- Abscess›Cowper's gland
- Abscess›lacunar
- Abscess›Littre's gland
- Abscess›periurethral
- Abscess›Skene's duct or gland
- Abscess›suburethral
- Abscess›urethral(gland)
- Abscess›urinary
- Carbuncle›urethra
- Cellulitis›periurethral
- Pyocele›urethra
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N34. If N34.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N34.0
- Is N34.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N34.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N34.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).
- What cannot be coded together with N34.0?
- N34.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.