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Diagnosis Code

N13.5 CROSSING VESSEL AND STRICTURE OF URETER W/O HYDRONEPHROSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: N13.5

Short Description: Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter w/o hydronephrosis

Long Description: Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis

The code N13.5 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
    • Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16)
      • Obstructive and reflux uropathy (N13)
        • N13.5 Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter w/o hydronephrosis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired stricture of ureter
  • Complete obstruction of the urinary tract
  • Complete occlusion of ureter by external compression
  • Drug-induced retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Extrinsic ureteral obstruction
  • Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Kinking of ureter
  • Kinking of ureter
  • Kinking of ureter without obstruction
  • Malignant retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Obstruction of pelviureteric junction
  • Obstruction of ureter
  • Obstruction of ureteral orifice
  • Obstruction of vesicoureteric junction
  • Occlusion of ureter
  • Postoperative kinking of ureter
  • Postoperative stricture
  • Postoperative ureteric constriction
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Stenosis of ureter
  • Stenosis of vesicoureteric junction
  • Stricture of ureter
  • Stricture of ureter co-occurrent and due to crossing vessel
  • Stricture of vesicoureteric junction

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code N13.5 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections With Mcc (689)
  • Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections Without Mcc (690)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code N13.5 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Kinking and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis with infection (@N13.6*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
N13.5 Right Arrow 593.3 Stricture of ureter

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
N13 Obstructive and reflux uropathy
N13.0 Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction
N13.1 Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified
N13.2 Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction
N13.3 Other and unspecified hydronephrosis
N13.30 Unspecified hydronephrosis
N13.39 Other hydronephrosis
N13.4 Hydroureter
N13.6 Pyonephrosis
N13.7 Vesicoureteral-reflux
N13.70 Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified
N13.71 Vesicoureteral-reflux without reflux nephropathy
N13.72 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter
N13.721 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter, unilateral
N13.722 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter, bilateral
N13.729 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter, unspecified
N13.73 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter
N13.731 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter, unilateral
N13.732 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter, bilateral
N13.739 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter, unspecified
N13.8 Other obstructive and reflux uropathy
N13.9 Obstructive and reflux uropathy, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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