Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

N28.81 Hypertrophy of kidney
N28.82 Megaloureter
N28.83 Nephroptosis
N28.84 Pyelitis cystica
N28.85 Pyeloureteritis cystica
N28.86 Ureteritis cystica
N28.89 Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter

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 N25-N29 section Other disorders of kidney and ureter (N25-N29)

Excludes2 - not included here

disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N28.0	Ischemia and infarction of kidney	Valid
N28.1	Cyst of kidney, acquired	Valid
N28.9	Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified	Valid