2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N05.0

Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • N05.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Unsp nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N05.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N05.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 N05.0 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minimal change lesion
The following code(s) above N05.0 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 N05.0:
  • N00-N99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99

    Diseases of the genitourinary system

    Type 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
  • N00-N08
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N08

    Glomerular diseases

    Code Also
    • any associated kidney failure (N17-N19).
    Type 1 Excludes
    • hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
    Glomerular diseases
  • N05
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N05

    Unspecified nephritic syndrome

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • glomerular disease NOS
    • glomerulonephritis NOS
    • nephritis NOS
    • nephropathy NOS and renal disease NOS with morphological lesion specified in .0-.8
    Type 1 Excludes
    • nephropathy NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
    • renal disease NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
    • tubulo-interstitial nephritis NOS (N12)
    Unspecified nephritic syndrome
Approximate Synonyms
  • Minimal change disease
ICD-10-CM N05.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 698 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc
  • 699 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc
  • 700 Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert N05.0 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
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N05.0:
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • glomerular, minor N05.0 - see also N00-N07 with fourth character .0
  • Change(s) (in) (of) - see also Removal
    • minimal N05.0 (glomerular) - see also N00-N07 with fourth character .0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Glomerulonephritis N05.9
    - see also Nephritis
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N05.9

    Unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • with
      • minimal change N05.0
      • minor glomerular abnormality N05.0
  • Lesion(s) (nontraumatic)
    • glomerular
      • minimal change N05.0 - see also N00-N07 with fourth character .0
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) N05.9
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N05.9

    Unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    • with
      • minor glomerular abnormality N05.0
    • minimal change N05.0

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N05.0
N04.2 Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis
N04.3 Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
N04.4 Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis
N04.5 Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
N04.6 Nephrotic syndrome with dense deposit disease
N04.7 Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis
N04.8 Nephrotic syndrome with other morphologic changes
N04.9 Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
N04.A Nephrotic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis
N05 Unspecified nephritic syndrome
N05.0 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
N05.1 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with focal and segmental glomerular lesions
N05.2 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis
N05.3 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
N05.4 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis
N05.5 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
N05.6 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with dense deposit disease
N05.7 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis
N05.8 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes
N05.9 Unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
N05.A Unspecified nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.