N17.1

Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis

Billable / specific

N17.1 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

  • Acute cortical necrosis
  • Cortical necrosis NOS
  • Renal cortical necrosis

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5) (from N17)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N17)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N17)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N17)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N17)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N17)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N17)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N17)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N17)
  • congenital renal failure (P96.0) (from N17)
  • drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditions (N14.-) (from N17)
  • extrarenal uremia (R39.2) (from N17)
  • hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3-) (from N17)
  • hepatorenal syndrome (K76.7) (from N17)
  • postpartum hepatorenal syndrome (O90.41) (from N17)
  • posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5) (from N17)
  • prerenal uremia (R39.2) (from N17)
  • renal failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4) (from N17)
  • renal failure following labor and delivery (O90.41) (from N17)
  • renal failure postprocedural (N99.0) (from N17)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • associated underlying condition (from N17)

Also known as

  • Acute cortical necrosis
  • Cortical necrosis NOS
  • Renal cortical necrosis
  • Necrosis, necrotic, cortical
  • Necrosis, necrotic, kidney, cortical

Parent code

  • N17Acute kidney failureHeader

Related codes

  • N17.0Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosisBillable
  • N17.2Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosisBillable
  • N17.8Other acute kidney failureBillable
  • N17.9Acute kidney failure, unspecifiedBillable

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