N34.3 — Urethral syndrome, unspecified
N34.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for urethral syndrome, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N34.3
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of N34.3, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with N34.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N34.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N34.3 alone.
- N39.0Urinary tract infection, site not specified
Risk adjustment
N34.3 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 N34.3 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 N34.3.
- Syndrome›urethral
Code history
N34.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N34. If N34.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N34.3
- Is N34.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N34.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N34.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).