N35.814 — Other anterior urethral stricture, male
N35.814 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other anterior urethral stricture, male. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
N35.814 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.
Medicare coverage
N35.814 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
- A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
How N35.814 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 N35.814.
- Stricture›urethra›specified cause NEC›male›anterior urethra
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N35.81. If N35.814 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N35.814
- Is N35.814 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N35.814 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N35.814 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).