N08

Billable
ChapterN00–N99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Metadata & Insights
  • 2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99).

CH14 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • 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)

N00-N08 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
Code Also
  • any associated kidney failure (N17-N19).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Nephritis
  • Nephropathy
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy (in):
  • antiglomerular basement membrane disease (M31.0)
  • diabetes (E08-E13 with .21)
  • gonococcal (A54.21)
  • Goodpasture's syndrome (M31.0)
  • hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3-)
  • lupus (M32.14)
  • mumps (B26.83)
  • syphilis (A52.75)
  • systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.14)
  • Wegener's granulomatosis (M31.31)
  • pyelonephritis in diseases classified elsewhere (N16)
  • renal tubulo-interstitial disorders classified elsewhere (N16)
Code First
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • amyloidosis (E85.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.5)
  • cryoglobulinemia (D89.1)
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation (D65)
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
  • microscopic polyangiitis (M31.7)
  • multiple myeloma (C90.0-)
  • sepsis (A40.0-A41.9)
  • sickle-cell disease (D57.0-D57.8)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH14Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
N00-N08Glomerular diseases (N00-N08)
N08Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to N08:

blockN00-N08
Glomerular diseases (N00-N08)
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chapterCH14
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

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