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
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
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
Conditions this code covers.
- pyelonephritis
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
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
Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections Without Mcc
Avg. Medicare Payment
$6,019
Kidney And Urinary Tract Infections With Mcc
Avg. Medicare Payment
$8,893
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Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with N10.
Codes at the same level as N10
- Acute nephritic syndromeN00
- Rapidly progressive nephritic syndromeN01
- Recurrent and persistent hematuriaN02
- Chronic nephritic syndromeN03
- Nephrotic syndromeN04
- Unspecified nephritic syndromeN05
- Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionN06
- Hereditary nephropathy, not elsewhere classifiedN07
- Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN08
- Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritisN11
- Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not specified as acute or chronicN12
- Obstructive and reflux uropathyN13
- Drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditionsN14
- Other renal tubulo-interstitial diseasesN15
- Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN16
- Acute kidney failureN17
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)N18
- Unspecified kidney failureN19
- Calculus of kidney and ureterN20
- Calculus of lower urinary tractN21
- Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhereN22
- Unspecified renal colicN23
- Disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular functionN25
- Unspecified contracted kidneyN26
- Small kidney of unknown causeN27
- Other disorders of kidney and ureter, not elsewhere classifiedN28
- Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhereN29
- CystitisN30
- Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, not elsewhere classifiedN31
- Other disorders of bladderN32
- Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN33
- Urethritis and urethral syndromeN34
- Urethral strictureN35
- Other disorders of urethraN36
- Urethral disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN37
- Other disorders of urinary systemN39
- Benign prostatic hyperplasiaN40
- Inflammatory diseases of prostateN41
- Other and unspecified disorders of prostateN42
- Hydrocele and spermatoceleN43
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