- N18.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM N18.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N18.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 N18.9 may differ.
ICD-10-CM N18.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 008 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant
- 019 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with hemodialysis
- 682 Renal failure with mcc
- 683 Renal failure with cc
- 684 Renal failure without cc/mcc
Applicable To
- Chronic renal disease
- Chronic renal failure NOS
- Chronic renal insufficiency
- Chronic uremia NOS
- Diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis NOS
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N18.9:
- uremic > Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic
- chronic > kidney (functional) (pelvis) N28.9
- chronic > renal (functional) (pelvis) N28.9
- chronic > renal N19
- sclerosing > diffuse N05.7
- sclerosing, diffuse > Glomerulonephritis N05.9
- chronic > kidney N28.9
- chronic > renal (acute) N28.9
- uremic > Neuropathy, neuropathic G62.9
- uremic > Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
- uremic > Pericarditis (with decompensation) (with effusion) I31.9
- uremia > in (due to) G62.1
- albuminurica > Retinitis
- renal > Retinitis
- uremia, chronic > Syndrome
- polyneuropathy > with O08.4
- chronic NOS > Uremia, uremic N19