Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 593.89
Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 593.89 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 593.89 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 593.89 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N28.82 Megaloureter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N28.89 Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Absence of ureteral peristalsis
  • Acquired caliectasis
  • Acquired calyceal diverticulum
  • Acquired megaureter
  • Acquired obstructive defect of renal pelvis
  • Acquired renal arteriovenous fistula
  • Adhesions of kidney
  • Adhesions of ureter
  • Amyloid of ureter
  • Caliectasis
  • Calyceal diverticulum
  • Calyceal fistula
  • Cecoureterocele
  • Dilatation of ureter
  • Discoloration of kidney
  • Diverticulum of renal calyx
  • Ectopic ureterocele
  • Fetal pyelectasis
  • Fistula from renal pelvis
  • Foreign body in kidney
  • Glandularis ureteritis
  • Idiopathic dilation of ureter
  • Increased ureteral peristalsis
  • Infective ureteritis
  • Inherited magnesium-losing nephropathy
  • Kidney palpable
  • Kidneys not palpable
  • Lower pole of kidney palpable
  • Malakoplakia of kidney
  • Megaloureter - acquired
  • Megaureter, acquired
  • Nephrocutaneous fistula
  • Nephrovisceral fistula
  • Obstructive nephropathy
  • Orthotopic ureterocele
  • Pararenal urinoma
  • Paraureteric urinoma
  • Perforation of ureter
  • Perforation of urinary conduit
  • Periureteritis
  • Pyelecstasis (kidney condition)
  • Pyelectasia
  • Pyelectasis
  • Pyelocutaneous fistula
  • Pyoureter
  • Renal medullary washout
  • Renal scarring
  • Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in systemic disease
  • Rupture of ureter
  • Schistosomiasis of ureter
  • Simple ureterocele
  • Ureteral sludge
  • Ureteric neuromuscular incoordination
  • Ureteric polyp
  • Ureteritis
  • Ureteritis glandularis
  • Ureterocele
  • Ureterocele - acquired
593.89 Excludes
  • tuberculosis of ureter (016.2)
  • ureteritis cystica (590.3)
Applies To
  • Adhesions, kidney or ureter
  • Periureteritis
  • Polyp of ureter
  • Pyelectasia
  • Ureterocele
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 593.89:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • periureteral 593.89
  • Adhesion(s), adhesive (postinfectional) (postoperative)
    • kidney 593.89
    • perirenal 593.89
    • periureteral 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Atypical - see also condition
    • kidney 593.89
  • Calcification
    • kidney 593.89
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.0
    • renal 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Caliectasis 593.89
  • Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
    • ureter 593.89
  • Congestion, congestive
    • kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • ureter 593.89
    • ureterovesical orifice 593.89
  • Decapsulation, kidney 593.89
  • Deformity 738.9
    • kidney(s) (calyx) (pelvis) (congenital) 753.9
    • ureter (opening) (congenital) 753.9
      • acquired 593.89
  • Degeneration, degenerative
  • Destruction
    • kidney 593.89
  • Dilatation
    • calyx (due to obstruction) 593.89
    • kidney (calyx) (collecting structures) (cystic) (parenchyma) (pelvis) 593.89
    • pelvis, kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
    • ureter (idiopathic) 593.89
  • Distention
    • kidney 593.89
  • Diverticula, diverticulosis, diverticulum (acute) (multiple) (perforated) (ruptured) 562.10
    • calyx, calyceal (kidney) 593.89
    • kidney (calyx) (pelvis) 593.89
    • renal (calyces) (pelvis) 593.89
    • ureter (acquired) 593.89
    • ureterovesical orifice 593.89
  • Ectasia, ectasis
    • kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
  • Empyema (chest) (diaphragmatic) (double) (encapsulated) (general) (interlobar) (lung) (medial) (necessitatis) (perforating chest wall) (pleura) (pneumococcal) (residual) (sacculated) (streptococcal) (supradiaphragmatic) 510.9
    • ureter (see also Ureteritis) 593.89
  • Eversion
    • ureter (meatus) 593.89
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • periureteral 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Fistula (sinus) 686.9
    • kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) 553.9
    • ureter 593.89
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
    • juxtaglomerular (complex) (kidney) 593.89
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • ureter 593.89
  • Hyposthenuria 593.89
  • Imbalance 781.2
    • glomerulotubular NEC 593.89
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • periureteral 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Leukoplakia 702.8
    • kidney (pelvis) 593.89
    • pelvis (kidney) 593.89
    • ureter (postinfectional) 593.89
  • Malacoplakia
    • pelvis (kidney) 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Megaloureter 593.89
  • Megaureter 593.89
  • Metaplasia
    • kidney (pelvis) (squamous) (see also Disease, renal) 593.89
  • Nephropathy (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • obstructive 593.89
  • Obliteration
    • ureter 593.89
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
    • kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
  • Occlusion
    • kidney 593.89
  • Palpable
    • kidney 593.89
  • Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic)
    • ureter 593.89
  • Periureteritis 593.89
  • Polyp, polypus
    • ureter 593.89
  • Prolapse, prolapsed
    • ureter 593.89
    • ureterovesical orifice 593.89
  • Puncture (traumatic) - see also Wound, open, by site
    • kidney, nontraumatic 593.89
  • Pyelectasia 593.89
  • Pyelectasis 593.89
  • Pyelocaliectasis 593.89
  • Pyoureter 593.89
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.2
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • kidney (traumatic) 866.03
      • with open wound into cavity 866.13
      • due to birth injury 767.8
      • nontraumatic 593.89
    • ureter (traumatic) (see also Injury, internal, ureter) 867.2
      • nontraumatic 593.89
  • Sacculation
    • ureter 593.89
  • Spasm, spastic, spasticity (see also condition) 781.0
    • ureter 593.89
  • Steatosis 272.8
    • kidney 593.89
  • Swelling 782.3
    • kidney, cloudy 593.89
  • Torsion
    • kidney (pedicle) 593.89
    • renal 593.89
  • Ureterectasis 593.89
  • Ureteritis 593.89
    • gonococcal (acute) 098.19
      • chronic or duration of 2 months or over 098.39
    • nonspecific 593.89
  • Ureterocele (acquired) 593.89
  • Urinoma NEC 599.9
    • kidney 593.89
    • renal 593.89
    • ureter 593.89
  • Uronephrosis 593.89
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