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N04.20
Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.
- FY2024 Added to the code set Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis, unspecified
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from N04 Nephrotic syndrome
Includes
- congenital nephrotic syndrome
- lipoid nephrosis
Inherited from the N00-N08 section Glomerular diseases (N00-N08)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
Code also
- any associated kidney failure (N17-N19).
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Albuminuria, albuminuric
- Proteinuria > postural > with glomerular lesion
- Proteinuria > persistent > with glomerular lesion
- Proteinuria > orthostatic > with glomerular lesion
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities > urine > protein
- Proteinuria > isolated > with glomerular lesion > membranous
- Nephropathy > membranous > with > nephrotic syndrome
- Syndrome > nephrotic > with > diffuse > membranous glomerulonephritis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| N04.21 | Primary membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome | Valid |
| N04.22 | Secondary membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome | Valid |
| N04.29 | Other nephrotic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis | Valid |