N34.2Other urethritis

N34.2 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other urethritis. It belongs to category N34 (urethritis and urethral syndrome), block N30-N39 (other diseases of the urinary system) and chapter 14 (diseases of the genitourinary system). It is billable, so it can be reported on its own for dates of service from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

Within N34, choose N34.2 (Other urethritis) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: urethral abscess (N34.0), nonspecific urethritis (N34.1) and urethral syndrome, unspecified (N34.3).

Use an additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

It is not a CC or MCC, so as a secondary diagnosis it doesn't change the MS-DRG severity level.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 689 (Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC, relative weight 1.1415) and DRG 690 (Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC, relative weight 0.801), in MDC 11 (Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 597.89 (other urethritis).