N13.7
Vesicoureteral-reflux
N13.7 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for vesicoureteral-reflux. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are N13.70 Vesicoureteral-reflux, unspecified; N13.71 Vesicoureteral-reflux without reflux nephropathy; N13.72 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy without hydroureter and N13.73 Vesicoureteral-reflux with reflux nephropathy with hydroureter. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- reflux-associated pyelonephritis (N11.0)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- pyelonephritis