ICD-10-CM › N00-N99 › N25-N29 › N26 Unspecified contracted kidney › N26.2
Page kidney
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 Page kidney
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 N26 Unspecified contracted kidney
Excludes1 - never coded here
- contracted kidney due to hypertension (I12.-)
- diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8.-)
- hypertensive nephrosclerosis (arteriolar) (arteriosclerotic) (I12.-)
- small kidney of unknown cause (N27.-)
Inherited from the N25-N29 section Other disorders of kidney and ureter (N25-N29)
Excludes2 - not included here
- disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23)
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.
- Contraction, contracture, contracted > kidney > Page
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| N26.1 | Atrophy of kidney (terminal) | Valid |
| N26.9 | Renal sclerosis, unspecified | Valid |