Q62.0 Congenital hydronephrosis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 698-700 in MDC 11.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 753.29 Other obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to Q62.0

Back-references to Q62.0

• Type 2 Excludes: N13 Obstructive and reflux uropathy ("congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and ureter (Q62.0-Q62.3)")

Diagnosis Index entries for Q62.0

• Hydronephrosis (atrophic) (early) (functionless) (intermittent) (primary) (secondary) NEC › congenital
• Malformation (congenital) › kidney › hydronephrosis

Nearby codes

• Q62 Congenital obstructive defects of renal pelvis and congenital malformations of ureter
• Q62.0 Congenital hydronephrosis (this code)
• Q62.1 Congenital occlusion of ureter
• Q62.10 Congenital occlusion of ureter, unspecified
• Q62.11 Congenital occlusion of ureteropelvic junction
• Q62.12 Congenital occlusion of ureterovesical orifice
• Q62.2 Congenital megaureter