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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 593.3
Stricture or kinking of ureter
  • Short description: Stricture of ureter.
  • ICD-9-CM 593.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 593.3 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).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 593.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 593.3: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 593.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N13.5 Crossing vessel and stricture of ureter without hydronephrosis
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hydronephrosis due to ureteral stricture
  • Hydronephrosis w ureteral stricture
  • Hydronephrosis with ureteral stricture
  • Stenosis of ureter
  • Stricture of pelviureteric junction
  • Stricture of ureter
  • Stricture of ureter due to a crossing vessel, without hydronephrosis
  • Ureteral stenosis
  • Ureteral stricture
  • Ureteral stricture due to crossing vessel
  • Ureteral stricture due to crossing vessel wo hydronephrosis
  • Ureteropelvic junction stricture
Applies To
  • Angulation of ureter (postoperative)
  • Constriction of ureter (postoperative)
  • Stricture of pelviureteric junction
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 593.3:
  • Angulation
    • ureter 593.3
  • Compression
    • ureter 593.3
  • Constriction
    • spastic - see also Spasm
      • ureter 593.3
      • urethra - see Stricture, urethra
    • ureter 593.3
  • Contraction, contracture, contracted
    • ureterovesical orifice (postinfectional) 593.3
  • Kink, kinking
    • ureter (pelvic junction) 593.3
  • Narrowing
    • ureter 593.3
  • Stenosis (cicatricial) - see also Stricture
    • ureter (see also Stricture, ureter) 593.3
  • Stricture (see also Stenosis) 799.89
    • pelviureteric junction 593.3
    • ureter (postoperative) 593.3
      • congenital 753.29
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.2
    • ureteropelvic junction 593.3
    • ureterovesical orifice 593.3
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