Is N35.911 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. N35.911 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does N35.911 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).

What cannot be coded together with N35.911?

N35.911 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above N35.911 (N35) and apply to it just the same.

N35.911

N35.911 — Unspecified urethral stricture, male, meatal

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N35.911 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified urethral stricture, male, meatal. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N35.911

These are not written on N35.911, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing N35.911 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on N35 — Urethral stricture

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

Risk adjustment

N35.911 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 N35.911 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 N35.911.

Stricture›urethra›male›meatal

Code history

N35.911 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 N35.91. If N35.911 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about N35.911

Is N35.911 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. N35.911 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does N35.911 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39).
What cannot be coded together with N35.911?: N35.911 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above N35.911 (N35) and apply to it just the same.