N13.1

Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific

N13.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from N13)

  • pyelonephritis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture with infection (N13.6)
  • pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85) (from N13)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N13)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N13)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N13)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N13)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N13)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N13)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N13)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N13)
  • calculus of kidney and ureter without hydronephrosis (N20.-) (from N13)
  • congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter (Q62.0-Q62.3) (from N13)
  • hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (Q62.11) (from N13)
  • obstructive pyelonephritis (N11.1) (from N13)

Also known as

  • HydronephrosisNEC, with obstruction, ureteral NEC
  • HydronephrosisNEC, with ureteral stricture NEC
  • Kink, kinking, ureter, with hydronephrosis
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, ureterNEC, with hydronephrosis
  • Stricture, ureter, with hydronephrosis

Parent code

  • N13Obstructive and reflux uropathyHeader

Related codes

  • N13.0Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstructionBillable
  • N13.2Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstructionBillable
  • N13.3Other and unspecified hydronephrosisHeader
  • N13.4HydroureterBillable
  • N13.5Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosisBillable
  • N13.6PyonephrosisBillable
  • N13.7Vesicoureteral-refluxHeader
  • N13.8Other obstructive and reflux uropathyBillable
  • N13.9Obstructive and reflux uropathy, unspecifiedBillable

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