N99.115 — Postprocedural fossa navicularis urethral stricture
Is N99.115 billable?
Yes — N99.115 is billable for FY2027. N99.115 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. N99.115 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
N99.115 at a glance
| Code | N99.115 |
|---|---|
| Description | Postprocedural fossa navicularis urethral stricture |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does N99.115 group to?
N99.115 sits in MDC 11 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 697Urethral Stricturemedical
How is N99.115 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to N99.115. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Stricture › urethra › postprocedural › male › fossa navicularis
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 14
The conditions below are not part of N99.115, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N99.115 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from N99
The conditions below are not part of N99.115, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N99.115 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has N99.115 existed?
N99.115 first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the N99.11 family? (6)
- N99.110Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, meatal
- N99.111Postprocedural bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N99.112Postprocedural membranous urethral stricture, male
- N99.113Postprocedural anterior bulbous urethral stricture, male
- N99.114Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, unspecified
- N99.116Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites