N34.0 Urethral abscess

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Abscess (of) Cowper's gland
• Abscess (of) Littré's gland
• Abscess (of) urethral (gland)
• Periurethral abscess

Excludes1 (never code together)

• urethral caruncle (N36.2)

Applies from N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome

Excludes2 (not included here)

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

Use additional code

• code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 689-690 in MDC 11.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 597.0 Urethral abscess

Code annotations containing back-references to N34.0

Back-references to N34

• Type 1 Excludes: N39.0 Urinary tract infection, site not specified ("urethritis (N34.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N34.0

• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › bulbourethral gland
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › Cowper's gland
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › lacunar
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › Littre's gland
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › perineum, perineal (superficial) › urethra
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › periurethral
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › Skene's duct or gland
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › suburethral
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › urethral (gland)
• Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) › urinary
• Carbuncle › urethra
• Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) › periurethral
• Pyocele › urethra

Nearby codes

• N34 Urethritis and urethral syndrome
• N34.0 Urethral abscess (this code)
• N34.1 Nonspecific urethritis
• N34.2 Other urethritis
• N34.3 Urethral syndrome, unspecified