I12.9

Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease, or unspecified chronic kidney disease

Billable / specific

I12.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Hypertensive chronic kidney disease NOS
  • Hypertensive renal disease NOS

Includes (from I12)

  • any condition in N18 and N26 - due to hypertension
  • arteriosclerosis of kidney
  • arteriosclerotic nephritis (chronic) (interstitial)
  • hypertensive nephropathy
  • nephrosclerosis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • neonatal hypertension (P29.2) (from I12)
  • primary pulmonary hypertension (I27.0) (from I12)
  • hypertension due to kidney disease (I15.0, I15.1) (from I12)
  • renovascular hypertension (I15.0) (from I12)
  • secondary hypertension (I15.-) (from I12)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from I12)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from I12)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from I12)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from I12)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from I12)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from I12)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from I12)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from I12)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from I12)
  • transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-) (from I12)
  • hypertensive disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O10-O11, O13-O16) (from I12)
  • acute kidney failure (N17.-) (from I12)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify the stage of chronic kidney disease (N18.1-N18.4, N18.9)
  • code to identify: (from I12)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22) (from I12)
  • history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891) (from I12)
  • occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31) (from I12)
  • tobacco dependence (F17.-) (from I12)
  • tobacco use (Z72.0) (from I12)

Also known as

  • Hypertensive chronic kidney disease NOS
  • Hypertensive renal disease NOS
  • Hypertension, hypertensive, kidney
  • Hypertension, hypertensive, kidney, with stage 1 through stage 4 chronic kidney disease

Parent code

  • I12Hypertensive chronic kidney diseaseHeader

Related codes

  • I12.0Hypertensive chronic kidney disease with stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal diseaseBillable

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