Chapter XIV
Diseases of the genitourinary system
(N00-N99)

Renal failure
(N17-N19)

Coding-Hint
Use additional external cause code (Chapter XX), if desired, to identify external agent.
Excl.:
congenital renal failure ( P96.0)
drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditions ( N14.-)
extrarenal uraemia ( R39.2)
haemolytic-uraemic syndrome ( D59.3)
hepatorenal syndrome ( K76.7)
hepatorenal syndrome
prerenal uraemia ( R39.2)
renal failure:
  • complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4)
  • following labour and delivery (O90.4)
  • postprocedural (N99.0)

N17 Acute renal failure

Incl.:
acute renal impairment
N17.0 Acute renal failure with tubular necrosis
Incl.:
Tubular necrosis:
  • NOS
  • acute
  • renal
N17.1 Acute renal failure with acute cortical necrosis
Incl.:
Cortical necrosis:
  • NOS
  • acute
  • renal
N17.2 Acute renal failure with medullary necrosis
Incl.:
Medullary [papillary] necrosis:
  • NOS
  • acute
  • renal
N17.8 Other acute renal failure
N17.9 Acute renal failure, unspecified

N18 Chronic kidney disease

Incl.:
chronic renal failure
Coding-Hint
Use additional code, if desired, to identify underlying disease.
Use additional code, if desired, to identify presence of hypertension.
N18.1 Chronic kidney disease, stage 1
Definition
Kidney damage with normal or increased GFR (≥ 90 mL/min)
N18.2 Chronic kidney disease, stage 2
Definition
Kidney damage with mild decreased GFR (60-89 mL/min)
N18.3 Chronic kidney disease, stage 3
Definition
Kidney damage with moderately decreased GFR (30-59 mL/min)
N18.4 Chronic kidney disease, stage 4
Definition
Kidney damage with severely decreased GFR (15-29 mL/min)
N18.5 Chronic kidney disease, stage 5
Incl.:
End stage kidney disease:
  • in allograft failure
  • NOS
  • on dialysis
  • without dialysis or transplant
Renal retinitis ( H32.8*)
Uraemic:
N18.9 Chronic kidney disease, unspecified
Incl.:
Chronic renal impairment
Chronic uraemia NOS
Diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis NOS

N19 Unspecified kidney failure

Incl.:
Renal insufficiency NOS
Uraemia NOS
Excl.:
kidney failure due to hypertension ( I12.0)
uraemia of newborn ( P96.0)