2021 ICD-10-CM Code N99.81
Other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system
Valid for Submission
N99.81 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system. The code N99.81 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code N99.81 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like accidental bladder perforation during operation, injury of bladder during surgery, injury of ureter during surgery, injury to viscus during surgery or perforation of bladder.
| ICD-10: | N99.81 |
| Short Description: | Other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system |
| Long Description: | Other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system |
Code Classification
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 N99.81 are found in the index:
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Accidental bladder perforation during operation
- Injury of bladder during surgery
- Injury of ureter during surgery
- Injury to viscus during surgery
- Perforation of bladder
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code N99.81 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.
Convert N99.81 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code N99.81 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 997.5 - Surg compl-urinary tract (Approximate Flag)
Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)