# Congenital anomaly of the urinary system

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class UD55 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Posterior Urethral Valves - StatPearls (NCBI Bookshelf NBK560881) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560881/
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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CONGENITAL ANOMALY OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class UD55 -
         condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary
         care · Posterior Urethral Valves - StatPearls (NCBI Bookshelf NBK560881) -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK560881/
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    Includes conditions like urethral valves and duplex collecting systems found on
            antenatal or paediatric imaging; the GP recognises and refers to paediatric urology. -
            Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Includes conditions like urethral valves and duplex collecting systems found on
            antenatal or paediatric imaging; the GP recognises and refers to paediatric urology.
   Caution  Recurrent urinary tract infections or declining kidney function in a child with a known
            congenital anomaly need urgent specialist review.
            No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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