N99.531

N99.531: Infection of continent stoma of urinary tract

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N99.531 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for infection of continent stoma of urinary tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N99.531 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N99.531

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on N99.5: Complications of stoma of urinary tract

mechanical complication of urinary catheter (T83.0-)

Written on N99: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N99.531 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Complication›stoma›urinary tract›continent›infection

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.