ICD-10-CM Code N35.82

Valid for Submission

N35.82 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other urethral stricture, female. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code N35.82 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like idiopathic urethral stricture.

The code N35.82 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code N35.82 are found in the index:

• - Stricture - See Also: Stenosis;
  • - urethra (organic) (spasmodic) - See Also: Stricture, urethra, male; - N35.919
    • - specified cause NEC
      • - female - N35.82

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, this code applies to FEMALES only .

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Idiopathic urethral stricture

Replacement Code

N3582 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):

• N35.8 - Other urethral stricture

Code Classification

• Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
  • Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)
    • Urethral stricture (N35)

Code History

• FY 2019 - Code Added, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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