Z90.6
Z90.6: Acquired absence of other parts of urinary tract
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
Z90.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acquired absence of other parts of urinary tract. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check Z90.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acquired absence of bladder
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Z90.6
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on Z90: Acquired absence of organs, not elsewhere classified
- congenital absence - see Alphabetical Index
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Z90.6
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
Z90.6 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
- Absence›bladder(acquired)
- Status›cystectomy(urinary bladder)
- Absence›ureter›acquired
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under Z90
- Z90.0Acquired absence of part of head and neck
- Z90.1Acquired absence of breast and nipple
- Z90.2Acquired absence of lung [part of]
- Z90.3Acquired absence of stomach [part of]
- Z90.4Acquired absence of other specified parts of digestive tract
- Z90.5Acquired absence of kidney
- Z90.7Acquired absence of genital organ(s)
- Z90.8Acquired absence of other organs