N99.71
N99.71: Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a genitourinary system procedure
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N99.71 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a genitourinary system procedure. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N99.71 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2 inherited from the categories above N99.71
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on N99: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N99.71 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56697Billing and Coding: Non-Invasive Vascular Studies
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Complication›intraoperative›puncture or laceration›genitourinary organ or structure›during procedure on genitourinary organ or structure
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.