N28.0

Ischemia and infarction of kidney

Billable / specific

N28.0 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

  • Renal artery embolism
  • Renal artery obstruction
  • Renal artery occlusion
  • Renal artery thrombosis
  • Renal infarct

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • atherosclerosis of renal artery (extrarenal part) (I70.1)
  • congenital stenosis of renal artery (Q27.1)
  • Goldblatt's kidney (I70.1)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N28)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N28)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N28)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N28)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N28)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N28)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N28)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N28)
  • disorders of kidney and ureter with urolithiasis (N20-N23) (from N28)

Also known as

  • Renal artery embolism
  • Renal artery obstruction
  • Renal artery occlusion
  • Renal artery thrombosis
  • Renal infarct
  • Crisis, renal
  • Embolism, artery, renal
  • Embolism, kidney
  • Embolism, renal
  • Infarct, infarction, brewer's
  • Infarct, infarction, kidney
  • Infarct, infarction, renal
  • Ischemia, ischemic, kidney
  • Ischemia, ischemic, renal
  • Necrosis, necrotic, kidney
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive, artery, renal
  • Occlusion, occluded, artery, renal
  • Occlusion, occluded, renal artery
  • Thrombosis, thrombotic, artery, arteries, renal
  • Thrombosis, thrombotic, kidney

Parent code

  • N28Other disorders of kidney and ureter, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • N28.1Cyst of kidney, acquiredBillable
  • N28.8Other specified disorders of kidney and ureterHeader
  • N28.9Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecifiedBillable

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