ICD-10-CM › N00-N99 › N10-N16 › N15 Other renal tubulo-interstitial diseases › N15.1
Renal and perinephric abscess
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 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Renal and perinephric abscess
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 the N10-N16 section Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
Includes
- pyelonephritis
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.
- Boil
- Carbunculus
- Furunculosis
- Nephropyosis
- Abscess > renal
- Furuncle > kidney
- Carbuncle > kidney
- Abscess > nephritic
- Abscess > perirenal
- Folliculitis > deep
- Perinephritis > purulent
- Abscess > perinephric, perinephritic
- Abscess > kidney
- Abscess > paranephric
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| N15.0 | Balkan nephropathy | Valid |
| N15.8 | Other specified renal tubulo-interstitial diseases | Valid |
| N15.9 | Renal tubulo-interstitial disease, unspecified | Valid |