N17-N19: Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease
ICD-10-CM 2027 block N17-N19 in chapter 14 (Diseases of the genitourinary system) has 3 categories.
- N17 – Acute kidney failure 5 billable codes
- N18 – Chronic kidney disease (CKD) 9 billable codes
- N19 – Unspecified kidney failure Billable code
Block notes
Excludes2 (not included here):
- 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 (O90.41)
- 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 (O90.41)
- renal failure postprocedural (N99.0)