ICD-10-CM · Chapter 14 · N00–N99
N13.5
Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis
Diseases of the genitourinary system
Quick facts
- Code
- N13.5
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 14 — Diseases of the genitourinary system
- Category
- N13 — Obstructive and reflux uropathy
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM N13.5 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in N13
- N13Obstructive and reflux uropathy
- N13.0Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction
- N13.1Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified
- N13.2Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction
- N13.3Other and unspecified hydronephrosis
- N13.30Unspecified hydronephrosis
- N13.39Other hydronephrosis
- N13.4Hydroureter
- N13.6Pyonephrosis
- N13.7Vesicoureteral-reflux
- N13.70Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified
- N13.71Vesicoureteral-reflux without reflux nephropathy
- N13.72Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter
- N13.721Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter, unilateral
- N13.722Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter, bilateral
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