Other obstructive and reflux uropathy
Billable / specific
N13.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Urinary tract obstruction due to specified cause
Includes (from N13)
- pyelonephritis
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
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)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
- , if applicable, any causal condition, such as:
- enlarged prostate (N40.1)
Also known as
- Urinary tract obstruction due to specified cause
- Anuria, postrenal
- Crisis, Dietl's
- Dietl's crisis
- Extravasation, pelvicalyceal
- Extravasation, pyelosinus
- Nephropathy, obstructive
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, renal, outflow
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, urinary, specified NEC
- Ovary, ovarian, vein syndrome
- Tortuous, ureter
- Uropathy, obstructive, specified NEC
- Uropathy, reflux, specified NEC
Parent code
- N13Obstructive and reflux uropathyHeader
Related codes
- N13.0Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstructionBillable
- N13.1Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
- 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
- N13.9Obstructive and reflux uropathy, unspecifiedBillable