A 28-year-old woman will be undergoing a lithotripsy for bilateral kidney stones. The stones are secure within the kidney and have not begun to migrate. What is the correct ICD-10-CM code for this patient's kidney stones?

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N20.0 is the correct code for calculus of the kidney.
Code N20.1 is incorrect because this code is for calculus of the ureter. Code N20.2 is incorrect because this is the code for calculus of kidney and calculus of ureter. N21.0 is incorrect because this code is for calculus in the bladder.

A 28-Year-Old Woman Will Be Undergoing a Lithotripsy for Bilateral