2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N26.2

Page kidney

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  • N26.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N26.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N26.2 - other international versions of ICD-10 N26.2 may differ.
The following code(s) above N26.2 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 N26.2:
  • 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
  • N25-N29
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N25-N29

    Other disorders of kidney and ureter

    Type 2 Excludes
    • disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23)
    Other disorders of kidney and ureter
  • N26
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N26

    Unspecified contracted kidney

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • contracted kidney due to hypertension (I12.-)
    • diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8.-)
    • hypertensive nephrosclerosis (arteriolar) (arteriosclerotic) (I12.-)
    • small kidney of unknown cause (N27.-)
    Unspecified contracted kidney
ICD-10-CM N26.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 304 Hypertension with mcc
  • 305 Hypertension without mcc

Convert N26.2 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
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N26.2:
  • Contraction(s)
    • kidney (granular) (secondary) N26.9
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N26.9

      Renal sclerosis, unspecified

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      • Page N26.2

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N26.2
N23 Unspecified renal colic
N25 Disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.0 Renal osteodystrophy
N25.1 Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
N25.8 Other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.81 Secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin
N25.89 Other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function
N25.9 Disorder resulting from impaired renal tubular function, unspecified
N26 Unspecified contracted kidney
N26.1 Atrophy of kidney (terminal)
N26.2 Page kidney
N26.9 Renal sclerosis, unspecified
N27 Small kidney of unknown cause
N27.0 Small kidney, unilateral
N27.1 Small kidney, bilateral
N27.9 Small kidney, unspecified
N28 Other disorders of kidney and ureter, not elsewhere classified
N28.0 Ischemia and infarction of kidney
N28.1 Cyst of kidney, acquired
N28.8 Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter
N28.81 Hypertrophy of kidney

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