N05

Unspecified nephritic syndrome

Non-billable header

N05 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • glomerular disease NOS
  • glomerulonephritis NOS
  • nephritis NOS
  • nephropathy NOS and renal disease NOS with morphological lesion specified in .0-.8

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
  • nephropathy NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
  • renal disease NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
  • tubulo-interstitial nephritis NOS (N12)

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).

Also known as

  • Disease, diseased, Klebs'
  • Klebs' disease

More specific codes N05

  • N05.0Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormalityBillable
  • N05.1Unspecified nephritic syndrome with focal and segmental glomerular lesionsBillable
  • N05.2Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N05.3Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N05.4Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N05.5Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N05.6Unspecified nephritic syndrome with dense deposit diseaseBillable
  • N05.7Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritisBillable
  • N05.8Unspecified nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changesBillable
  • N05.9Unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changesBillable
  • N05.AUnspecified nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritisBillable

Related codes

  • N00Acute nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N02Recurrent and persistent hematuriaHeader
  • N03Chronic nephritic syndromeHeader
  • N04Nephrotic syndromeHeader
  • N06Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionHeader
  • N07Hereditary nephropathy, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • N08Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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