N26.9

Renal sclerosis, unspecified

Billable / specific

N26.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • contracted kidney due to hypertension (I12.-) (from N26)
  • diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8.-) (from N26)
  • hypertensive nephrosclerosis (arteriolar) (arteriosclerotic) (I12.-) (from N26)
  • small kidney of unknown cause (N27.-) (from N26)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N26)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N26)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N26)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N26)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N26)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N26)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N26)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N26)
  • disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23) (from N26)

Also known as

  • Contraction, contracture, contracted, kidney
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, kidney
  • Nephritis, nephritic, cirrhotic
  • Nephrosclerosis, senile
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic, renal

Parent code

  • N26Unspecified contracted kidneyHeader

Related codes

  • N26.1Atrophy of kidney (terminal)Billable
  • N26.2Page kidneyBillable

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