Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Acute renal failure with tubular necrosis
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Acute renal failure with tubular necrosis~~ Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis

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 N17 Acute kidney failure

Excludes1 - never coded here

posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)

Code also

associated underlying condition

Inherited from the N17-N19 section Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19)

Excludes2 - not included here

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)
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)

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.

Pitting
Lipedema
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Nephropathy
Glomerulitis
Mortification
Change > renal
Damage > renal
Glomerulopathy
Klebs' disease
Lesion > kidney
Nephronephritis
Bright's disease
Trouble > kidney
Retention > water
Complaint > kidney
Glomerulonephritis
Necrosis, necrotic
Dysfunction > kidney
Syndrome > nephritic
Syndrome > nephrotic
Glomerular > nephritis
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Edema, edematous > renal
Disease, diseased > Klebs'
Dropsy, dropsical > kidney
Necrosis, necrotic > renal
Nephropathy > with > edema
Disease, diseased > Bright's
Nephrosis, nephrotic > toxic
Syndrome > cardiorenal Note:
Failure, failed > cardiorenal
Nephrosis, nephrotic > anoxic
Disease, diseased > glomerular
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Nephrosis, nephrotic > chemical
Nephrosis, nephrotic > ischemic

Showing 40 of 69 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N17.1	Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis	Valid
N17.2	Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis	Valid
N17.8	Other acute kidney failure	Valid
N17.9	Acute kidney failure, unspecified	Valid