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R34

R34: Anuria and oliguria

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R34 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anuria and oliguria. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R34 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.

  • anuria and oliguria complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4)
  • anuria and oliguria complicating pregnancy (O26.83-)
  • anuria and oliguria complicating the puerperium (O90.49)

Other codes that can never be billed with R34

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • O90.4Postpartum acute kidney failure

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

R34 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
  • A56802Billing and Coding: Urodynamics
  • A57050Billing and Coding: Post-Void Residual Urine and/or Bladder Capacity by Ultrasound
  • A57455Billing and Coding: Urodynamics

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Anuria
  • Ischuria
  • Oliguria
  • Urodialysis
  • Suppression›urine, urinary secretion
  • Deficiency, deficient›secretion›urine
  • Secretion›urinary›suppression
  • Urine›secretion›deficient

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.