ICD-10-CM › N00-N99 › N10-N16 › N13.7 Vesicoureteral-reflux › N13.70
Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from N13 Obstructive and reflux uropathy
Excludes2 - not included here
- calculus of kidney and ureter without hydronephrosis (N20.-)
- congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter (Q62.0-Q62.3)
- hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (Q62.11)
- obstructive pyelonephritis (N11.1)
Inherited from the N10-N16 section Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
Includes
- pyelonephritis
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Backflow
- Reflux > ureteral
- Regurgitation > vesicoureteral
- Uropathy > vesicoureteral reflux-associated
- Reflux > vesicoureteral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| N13.71 | Vesicoureteral-reflux without reflux nephropathy | Valid |
| N13.72 | Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter | Not billable |
| N13.73 | Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter | Not billable |