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N17 - Acute kidney failure

ICD-10-CM Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N17-N19 Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

N17 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 5 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N17

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

  • posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)
Code AlsoFrom N17

Report an additional code when both conditions apply.

  • associated underlying condition
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom N17-N19 Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19)

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

  • 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)
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)

More Specific Codes (5)

N17.0Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis→N17.1Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis→N17.2Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis→N17.8Other acute kidney failure→N17.9Acute kidney failure, unspecified→

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