N35.021

N35.021: Urethral stricture due to childbirth

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N35.021 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for urethral stricture due to childbirth. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N35.021 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N35.021

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N35.0: Post-traumatic urethral stricture

postprocedural urethral stricture (N99.1-)

Written on N35: Urethral stricture

congenital urethral stricture (Q64.3-)
postprocedural urethral stricture (N99.1-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N35.021 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Stricture›urethra›postobstetric
Stricture›urethra›sequela of›childbirth
Stricture›urethra›post-traumatic›female›due to childbirth

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N35.02

N35.028Other post-traumatic urethral stricture, female