Urethral abscess
Billable / specific
N34.0 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
- Abscess (of) Cowper's gland
- Abscess (of) Littré's gland
- Abscess (of) urethral (gland)
- Periurethral abscess
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- urethral caruncle (N36.2)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N34)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N34)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N34)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N34)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N34)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N34)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N34)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N34)
- urinary infection (complicating): (from N34)
- abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8) (from N34)
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-) (from N34)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-) (from N34)
- urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64) (from N34)
- urethrotrigonitis (N30.3-) (from N34)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Abscess (of) Cowper's gland
- Abscess (of) Littré's gland
- Abscess (of) urethral (gland)
- Periurethral abscess
- Abscess, bulbourethral gland
- Abscess, Cowper's gland
- Abscess, lacunar
- Abscess, Littre's gland
- Abscess, perineum, perineal, urethra
- Abscess, periurethral
- Abscess, Skene's duct or gland
- Abscess, suburethral
- Abscess, urethral
- Abscess, urinary
- Carbuncle, urethra
- Cellulitis, periurethral
- Pyocele, urethra
Parent code
- N34Urethritis and urethral syndromeHeader