N34.2

N34.2: Other urethritis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N34.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other urethritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Meatitis, urethral
Postmenopausal urethritis
Ulcer of urethra (meatus)
Urethritis NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N34.2

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

Written on N34: Urethritis and urethral syndrome

Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
urethrotrigonitis (N30.3-)

Other codes that can never be billed with N34.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N39.0Urinary tract infection, site not specified

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N34.2 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Urethritis(anterior) (posterior)
Infection, infected, infective›paraurethral ducts
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›meatus(urinarius)
Urethritis›postmenopausal
Urethritis›specified NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.