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Diseases of the genitourinary system
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Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N17.2
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N17.2
Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- N17.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM N17.2 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N17.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 N17.2 may differ.
Applicable To- Medullary [papillary] necrosis NOS
- Acute medullary [papillary] necrosis
- Renal medullary [papillary] necrosis
The following code(s) above
N17.2 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
N17.2:
- N00-N99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99
Diseases of the genitourinary systemType 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Diseases of the genitourinary system - N17-N19
2021 ICD-10-CM Range N17-N19
Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney diseaseType 2 Excludes- congenital renal failure (P96.0)
- drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditions (N14.-)
- extrarenal uremia (R39.2)
- hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3)
- hepatorenal syndrome (K76.7)
- postpartum hepatorenal syndrome (O90.4)
- posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)
- prerenal uremia (R39.2)
- renal failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4)
- renal failure following labor and delivery (O90.4)
- renal failure postprocedural (N99.0)
Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease - N17
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N17
Acute kidney failure
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- associated underlying condition
Type 1 Excludes- posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)
Acute kidney failure
Approximate Synonyms
- Acute renal papillary necrosis with renal failure
- Papillary necrosis
- Renal failure, acute renal medullary necrosis
ICD-10-CM N17.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 673 Other kidney and urinary tract procedures with mcc
- 674 Other kidney and urinary tract procedures with cc
- 675 Other kidney and urinary tract procedures without cc/mcc
- 682 Renal failure with mcc
- 683 Renal failure with cc
- 684 Renal failure without cc/mcc
- 791 Prematurity with major problems
- 793 Full term neonate with major problems
Convert N17.2 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- Failure, failed
- renal N19
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N19
Unspecified kidney failure
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- acute kidney failure (N17.-)
- chronic kidney disease (N18.-)
- chronic uremia (N18.9)
- extrarenal uremia (R39.2)
- prerenal uremia (R39.2)
- renal insufficiency (acute) (N28.9)
- uremia of newborn (P96.0)
- acute N17.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N17.9
Acute kidney failure, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Acute kidney injury (nontraumatic)
Type 2 Excludes- traumatic kidney injury (S37.0-)
- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) - see also Gangrene
- kidney (bilateral) N28.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N28.0
Ischemia and infarction of kidney
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Renal artery embolism
- Renal artery obstruction
- Renal artery occlusion
- Renal artery thrombosis
- Renal infarct
Type 1 Excludes- atherosclerosis of renal artery (extrarenal part) (I70.1)
- congenital stenosis of renal artery (Q27.1)
- Goldblatt's kidney (I70.1)
- medullary N17.2 (bilateral) (in acute renal failure) (papillary)
- papillary N17.2 (bilateral) (in acute renal failure)
- medullary N17.2 (acute) (renal)
- papillary N17.2 (acute) (renal)
- Nephropathy N28.9 - see also Nephritis
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N28.9
Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Nephropathy NOS
- Renal disease (acute) NOS
- Renal insufficiency (acute)
Type 1 Excludes- chronic renal insufficiency (N18.9)
- unspecified nephritic syndrome (N05.-)
- analgesic N14.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N14.0
Analgesic nephropathy
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- with medullary necrosis, acute N17.2
- phenacetin N17.2
- Papillitis H46.00
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code H46.00
Optic papillitis, unspecified eye
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- necrotizing, kidney N17.2
- renal, necrotizing N17.2
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N17.2
N14.4 Toxic nephropathy, not elsewhere classified
N15 Other renal tubulo-interstitial diseases
N15.1 Renal and perinephric abscess
N15.8 Other specified renal tubulo-interstitial diseases
N15.9 Renal tubulo-interstitial disease, unspecified
N16 Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
N17.0 Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis
N17.1 Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis
N17.2
Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis
N17.8 Other acute kidney failure
N17.9 Acute kidney failure, unspecified
N18 Chronic kidney disease (CKD)
N18.1 Chronic kidney disease, stage 1
N18.2 Chronic kidney disease, stage 2 (mild)
N18.3 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3 (moderate)
N18.30 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3 unspecified
N18.31 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3a
N18.32 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3b
N18.4 Chronic kidney disease, stage 4 (severe)
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.