Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Billable / specific
N08 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
- Glomerulonephritis
- Nephritis
- Nephropathy
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
- glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy (in):
- antiglomerular basement membrane disease (M31.0)
- diabetes (E08-E13 with .21)
- gonococcal (A54.21)
- Goodpasture's syndrome (M31.0)
- hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3-)
- lupus (M32.14)
- mumps (B26.83)
- syphilis (A52.75)
- systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.14)
- Wegener's granulomatosis (M31.31)
- pyelonephritis in diseases classified elsewhere (N16)
- renal tubulo-interstitial disorders classified elsewhere (N16)
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 first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
Also known as
- Glomerulonephritis
- Nephritis
- Nephropathy
Related codes
- N00Acute nephritic syndromeHeader
- N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndromeHeader
- N02Recurrent and persistent hematuriaHeader
- N03Chronic nephritic syndromeHeader
- N04Nephrotic syndromeHeader
- N05Unspecified nephritic syndromeHeader
- N06Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionHeader
- N07Hereditary nephropathy, not elsewhere classifiedHeader