N34.0

Urethral abscess

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 15 never code together

N34code

Excludes2

Reiter's disease (M02.3-)M02.3-
urethritis in diseases with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)A50-A64
urethrotrigonitis (N30.3-)N30.3-

Excludes1

Excludes2

urinary infection (complicating):
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)O00-O07 O08.8
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)O23.-O75.3 O86.2-

Excludes2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5

Inclusion terms

N34code

Use additional code

Index entries leading here 4

Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
- bulbourethral gland N34.0
- Cowper's gland N34.0
- lacunar N34.0
- Littre's gland N34.0
- perineum, perineal (superficial) L02.215
  - urethra N34.0
- periurethral N34.0
- Skene's duct or gland N34.0
- suburethral N34.0
- urethral (gland) N34.0
- urinary N34.0
Carbuncle L02.93
- urethra N34.0
Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) L03.90
- periurethral N34.0
Pyocele
- urethra N34.0

Alongside this code 3 same parent — N34

Additional references

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Present FY2024–FY2027.