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N13.73

Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • 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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
N13.70 Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified Valid
N13.71 Vesicoureteral-reflux without reflux nephropathy Valid
N13.72 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter Not billable