N27

Small kidney of unknown cause

Non-billable header

N27 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • oligonephronia

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)
  • disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23)

More specific codes N27

  • N27.0Small kidney, unilateralBillable
  • N27.1Small kidney, bilateralBillable
  • N27.9Small kidney, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • N25Disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular functionHeader
  • N26Unspecified contracted kidneyHeader
  • N28Other disorders of kidney and ureter, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • N29Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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