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N19

Billable
ChapterN00–N99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Unspecified kidney failure

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (N00-N99).

CH14 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)

N17-N19 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Uremia NOS
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
  • chronic kidney disease (N18.-)
  • chronic uremia (N18.9)
  • extrarenal uremia (R39.2)
  • prerenal uremia (R39.2)
  • renal insufficiency (acute) (N28.9)
  • uremia of newborn (P96.0)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH14Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
N17-N19Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19)
N19Unspecified kidney failureBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to N19:

blockN17-N19
Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19)
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chapterCH14
Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 673
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with MCC
DRG 674
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with CC
DRG 675
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures without CC/MCC
DRG 682
Renal Failure with MCC
DRG 683
Renal Failure with CC
DRG 684
Renal Failure without CC/MCC

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