N12

Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not specified as acute or chronic

Billable / specific

N12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • pyelonephritis

Applicable to

  • Interstitial nephritis NOS
  • Pyelitis NOS
  • Pyelonephritis NOS

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
  • calculous pyelonephritis (N20.9)

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)

Also known as

  • Interstitial nephritis NOS
  • Pyelitis NOS
  • Pyelonephritis NOS
  • Disease, diseased, antiglomerular basement membraneantibody, tubulo-interstitial nephritis
  • Disease, diseased, renal, with interstitial nephritis
  • Nephritis, nephritic, antitubular basement membraneNEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic, tubulo-interstitial
  • Pyelonephritis, nonobstructive
  • Pyonephritis

Related codes

  • N10Acute pyelonephritisBillable
  • N11Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritisHeader
  • N13Obstructive and reflux uropathyHeader
  • N14Drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditionsHeader
  • N15Other renal tubulo-interstitial diseasesHeader
  • N16Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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