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N30.4 vs N99.821

N30.4 (Irradiation cystitis) compared with N99.821 (Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following other procedure), from the official CMS tabular data.

Summary

These codes can be reported together when both conditions are documented, because N99.821 lists N30.4 under Excludes2, which marks them as distinct conditions.

Official rule
What is different?

The conditions named and billing status.N30.4 is “Irradiation cystitis”; N99.821 is “Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following other procedure”. N30.4 is a non-billable header; N99.821 is billable.

Registry fact

Can these codes be reported together?

Yes, when both are documented.N99.821 lists N30.4 under Excludes2: “irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)”. Excludes2 marks distinct conditions that may both be reported when both are documented.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is there an Excludes1 relationship?

None.Neither entry carries an Excludes1 note that names the other code. N30.4 carries 1 Excludes1 note covering other codes; the side-by-side table quotes them.

Official rule

Is there an Excludes2 relationship?

Yes.N99.821’s tabular entry: “irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)”. The note covers N30.4.

Official ruleGuide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2

Is one more specific?

Not comparable.The codes sit in different categories; specificity is only comparable within one category.

Is one a parent or header code?

One is a header.N30.4 is a non-billable header, but N99.821 is not one of its subdivisions.

Registry fact

Are there sequencing instructions?

None.Neither entry carries a Code First or Use Additional Code note that names the other.

Official rule

Are there other coding relationships?

None found.No laterality, encounter-phase, Table of Neoplasms, Table of Drugs and Chemicals, or history-versus-active-disease relationship links these codes.

MedCoder-derived

Official rule: a tabular instructional note or a section of the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, quoted as published. Registry fact: the codes’ own published attributes (titles, billable status, position in the hierarchy, code set). MedCoder-derived: a reading MedCoder computes from those facts; it is not itself a rule. How to read the labels

Can these codes be reported together?

Informational

Excludes2 relationship

N99.821
Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following other procedure
↔
N30.4
Irradiation cystitis

What we found

Yes, when both are documented.N99.821 carries an Excludes2 note covering N30.4: “irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)”

Excludes2 marks distinct conditions — both may be reported when both are documented.

What to review

Report both only when the documentation supports both conditions; otherwise report the one documented.

Guide: Excludes1 vs Excludes2Check these on a claim

Why it matters

An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of the code above it, but a patient can have both. Report both when both are documented.

Source / rule

CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes

Official guidance behind these answers

  • Section I.A.12.b — Excludes2 · applies to: Excludes2

    A type 2 Excludes note represents “Not included here.” An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.

    ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines FY2026

Quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting in effect for the release shown. The tabular notes above are the code-level instruction; these sections are the convention that says how such a note is applied. Source document (CMS PDF) · Release and checksum

Side by side

N30.4Irradiation cystitisN99.821Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following other procedure
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: N30.40, N30.41

Billable
ClassificationN00-N99 — Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99)N00-N99 — Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99)
DefinitionIrradiation cystitis is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (N30.4).Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following other procedure is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (N99.821).
Excludes1
prostatocystitis (N41.3)
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Excludes2
urinary infection (complicating):
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)
irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)
Use additional code
code to identify infectious agent (B95-B97)
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Notes are the code’s own tabular entry, quoted as published. A note that names the other code is the one the verdict above rests on.

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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2027). A coding-rule comparison, not billing advice: payer-specific edits and medical-necessity policy are outside its scope. All data sources