N36.8

N36.8: Other specified disorders of urethra

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N36.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of urethra. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N36.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

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

congenital urethrocele (Q64.7)
female urethrocele (N81.0)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N36.8 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
A57123Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hydrourethra
Urethrorrhagia
Urinoma, urethra
Cicatrix›urethra
Colic›urethral
Congestion, congestive›urethra
Cyst›bulbourethral gland
Cyst›Cowper's gland(benign) (infected)
Cyst›paraurethral duct
Cyst›Skene's gland
Cyst›suburethral
Cyst›urethra, urethral(gland)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.