ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O20-O29 › O23 Infections of genitourinary tract... › O23.2
Infections of urethra in pregnancy
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Infections of urethra in pregnancy
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 O23 Infections of genitourinary tract in pregnancy
Excludes2 - not included here
- gonococcal infections complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.2)
- infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission NOS complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.3)
- syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.1)
- tuberculosis of genitourinary system complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.0)
- venereal disease NOS complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.3)
Use additional code
- code to identify organism (B95.-, B96.-)
Inherited from the O20-O29 section Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29)
Excludes2 - not included here
- maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)
- maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the puerperium (O98-O99)
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.
- Cicatrix
- Sialorrhea
- Anteflexion
- Itch, itching
- Pinpoint > os
- Stricture > vagina
- Anteversion > cervix
- Stricture > os uteri
- Pregnancy > high-risk
- Supervision > pregnancy
- Disease, diseased > renal
- Occlusion, occluded > cervix
- Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
- Stricture > uterus, uterine > os
- Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
- Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
- Occlusion, occluded > cervical canal
- Stenosis, stenotic > endocervical os
- Encounter > pregnancy > supervision of
- Pregnancy > prenatal care only > high-risk
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > cervix
- Pregnancy > complicated by > previous history of
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > internal os
- Prediabetes, prediabetic > complicating > pregnancy
- Necrosis, necrotic > kidney > tubular > complicating > pregnancy
- Pregnancy > complicated by > urethritis
- Pregnancy > complicated by > infection > urethra
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O23.0 | Infections of kidney in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O23.1 | Infections of bladder in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O23.3 | Infections of other parts of urinary tract in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O23.4 | Unspecified infection of urinary tract in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O23.5 | Infections of the genital tract in pregnancy | Not billable |
| O23.9 | Unspecified genitourinary tract infection in pregnancy | Not billable |