N03.9
N03.9: Chronic nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N03.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N03.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N03.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- A56767Billing and Coding: Heavy Metal Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Glomerulonephritis›chronic
- Glomerulonephritis›latent or quiescent
- Nephritis, nephritic›atrophic
- Nephritis, nephritic›chronic
- Small›white kidney
- White›kidney, small
- Glomerulonephritis›poststreptococcal NEC›chronic
- Nephritis, nephritic›poststreptococcal›chronic
- Syndrome›nephritic›chronic
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under N03
- N03.0Chronic nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
- N03.1Chronic nephritic syndrome with focal and segmental glomerular lesions
- N03.2Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis
- N03.3Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis
- N03.4Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis
- N03.5Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
- N03.6Chronic nephritic syndrome with dense deposit disease
- N03.7Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis
- N03.8Chronic nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes
- N03.AChronic nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis