N36.4
Non-billableUrethral functional and muscular disorders
Urethral functional and muscular disorders
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
- urinary infection (complicating):
- abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
- code to identify associated urinary stress incontinence (N39.3)
Child Codes (4)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code N36.4?
ICD-10-CM code N36.4 represents "Urethral functional and muscular disorders". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is N36.4 a billable code?
No, N36.4 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 4 child codes under N36.4.
What chapter is N36.4 in?
N36.4 is in Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (codes N00-N99).
What are the subcategories under N36.4?
N36.4 has 4 child codes, including: N36.41 (Hypermobility of urethra), N36.42 (Intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD)), N36.43 (Combined hypermobility of urethra and intrns sphincter defic), N36.44 (Muscular disorders of urethra).
Are additional codes required with N36.4?
Yes, when using N36.4 you should also code: code to identify associated urinary stress incontinence (N39.3).
What are the UMLS CUIs for N36.4?
N36.4 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2902999. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Automate ICD-10 Coding With AI
Send clinical text to the AutoICD API and get back structured ICD-10 codes with confidence scores. Integrates into any EHR or billing system in minutes.
Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.