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N35.1

N35.1: Postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

N35.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for postinfective urethral stricture, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • urethral stricture associated with schistosomiasis (B65.-, N29)
  • gonococcal urethral stricture (A54.01)
  • syphilitic urethral stricture (A52.76)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N35.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead N35.1

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under N35

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.