Other specified disorders of kidney and ureter

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 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)

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.

Lump
Icterus
Cholemia
Retained
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Congestive
Herniation
Impervious
Carbunculus
Imperforate
Nephropathy
Glomerulitis
Malakoplakia
Mortification
Glomerulopathy
Klebs' disease
Leukokeratosis
Overdistension
Sarcoepiplocele
Bright's disease
Empyema > ureter
Deformity > renal
Dilated, dilation
Yellow > jaundice
Glomerulonephritis
Necrosis, necrotic
Syndrome > nephritic
Glomerular > nephritis
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Disease, diseased > Klebs'
Absence > congenital > lumen
Disease, diseased > Bright's
Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
Hernia, hernial > irreducible
Hernia, hernial > obstructive
Disease, diseased > glomerular
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous

Showing 40 of 164 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N28.81	Hypertrophy of kidney	Valid
N28.82	Megaloureter	Valid
N28.83	Nephroptosis	Valid
N28.84	Pyelitis cystica	Valid
N28.85	Pyeloureteritis cystica	Valid
N28.86	Ureteritis cystica	Valid