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FY2027

N99.81 — Other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system

Billable

Is N99.81 billable?

Yes — N99.81 is billable for FY2027. N99.81 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. N99.81 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

N99.81 at a glance

CodeN99.81
DescriptionOther intraoperative complications of genitourinary system
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does N99.81 group to?

N99.81 sits in MDC 11 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 698Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCCmedical
  • 699Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with CCmedical
  • 700Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses without CC/MCCmedical

How is N99.81 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to N99.81. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Complication › intraoperative › specified NEC › genitourinary system (s) (from) (of)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 14

The conditions below are not part of N99.81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N99.81 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 N99.81, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N99.81 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

How long has N99.81 existed?

N99.81 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

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 N99.8 family? (6)