N13.7
Header — not billableVesicoureteral-reflux
The ICD-10 code for vesicoureteral-reflux is N13.7.
N13.7 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- reflux-associated pyelonephritis (N11.0)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- N13.0Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction
- N13.1Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture, not elsewhere classified
- N13.2Hydronephrosis with renal and ureteral calculous obstruction
- N13.3Other and unspecified hydronephrosisnon-billable header
- N13.4Hydroureter
- N13.5Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis
- N13.6Pyonephrosis
- N13.8Other obstructive and reflux uropathy
- N13.9Obstructive and reflux uropathy, unspecified
- N13.7Vesicoureteral-refluxnon-billable header