N99.71 Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a genitourinary system procedure

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

Applies from N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 998.2 Accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure, not elsewhere classified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to N99.71

Back-references to N99.7

• Type 1 Excludes: N99.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure complicating a procedure ("intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure due to accidental puncture or laceration during a procedure (N99.7-)")

Back-references to N99

• Type 2 Excludes: T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified ("intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N99.71

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › intraoperative (intraprocedural) › puncture or laceration (accidental) (unintentional) (of) › genitourinary organ or structure › during procedure on genitourinary organ or structure

Nearby codes

• N99.538 Other complication of continent stoma of urinary tract
• N99.6 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure complicating a procedure
• N99.61 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure complicating a genitourinary system procedure
• N99.62 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of a genitourinary system organ or structure complicating other procedure
• N99.7 Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a procedure
• N99.71 Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during a genitourinary system procedure (this code)
• N99.72 Accidental puncture and laceration of a genitourinary system organ or structure during other procedure
• N99.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system
• N99.81 Other intraoperative complications of genitourinary system
• N99.82 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a procedure
• N99.820 Postprocedural hemorrhage of a genitourinary system organ or structure following a genitourinary system procedure