N04

Nephrotic syndrome

Non-billable header

N04 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • congenital nephrotic syndrome
  • lipoid nephrosis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated kidney failure (N17-N19).

More specific codes N04

  • N04.0Nephrotic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormalityBillable
  • N04.1Nephrotic syndrome with focal and segmental glomerular lesionsBillable
  • N04.2Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritisHeader
  • N04.3Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N04.4Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N04.5Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N04.6Nephrotic syndrome with dense deposit diseaseBillable
  • N04.7Nephrotic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N04.8Nephrotic syndrome with other morphologic changesBillable
  • N04.9Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changesBillable
  • N04.ANephrotic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N04.BNephrotic syndrome with immune complex membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN)Header

Related codes

  • N00Acute nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N02Recurrent and persistent hematuriaHeader
  • N03Chronic nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N05Unspecified nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N06Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionHeader
  • N07Hereditary nephropathy, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • N08Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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