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N10 - Acute pyelonephritis

ICD-10-CM Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N10-N16 Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16) · Top-level category · FY2027

Applicable To

Inclusion terms listed under N10 in the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Acute infectious interstitial nephritis
  • Acute pyelitis
  • Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis
  • Hemoglobin nephrosis
  • Myoglobin nephrosis

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom N10

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
IncludesFrom N10-N16 Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16)

Conditions this code covers.

  • pyelonephritis
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N10-N16 Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter N00-N99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)

Inpatient DRG Payments

DRG 69095,596 discharges

Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections Without Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$6,019

Total Payment$7,851
Patient Responsibility$1,832
Hospital Charge$37,821
DRG 68984,058 discharges

Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections With Mcc

Avg. Medicare Payment

$8,893

Total Payment$10,743
Patient Responsibility$1,849
Hospital Charge$51,326

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with N10.