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N05.0

N05.0: Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N05.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Unspecified nephritic syndrome with minimal change lesion

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N05.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N05: Unspecified nephritic syndrome

  • nephropathy NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
  • renal disease NOS with no stated morphological lesion (N28.9)
  • tubulo-interstitial nephritis NOS (N12)

Other codes that can never be billed with N05.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • N00Acute nephritic syndrome
  • N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome
  • N03Chronic nephritic syndrome
  • N28.9Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

N05.0 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
  • A59101Billing and Coding: Off-label Use of Rituximab and Rituximab Biosimilars

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities›glomerular, minor
  • Change›minimal(glomerular)
  • Nephritis, nephritic›minimal change
  • Disease, diseased›glomerular›minimal change
  • Glomerulonephritis›with›minimal change
  • Glomerulonephritis›with›minor glomerular abnormality
  • Lesion›glomerular›minimal change
  • Nephritis, nephritic›with›minor glomerular abnormality

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N05

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.