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N05.8

N05.8: Unspecified nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N05.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes. 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 proliferative glomerulonephritis NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N05.8

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 N05.8

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

  • N00Acute nephritic syndrome
  • N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome
  • N03Chronic nephritic syndrome
  • N26Unspecified contracted kidney
  • N28.9Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N05.8 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
  • A58921Billing and Coding: Mass Spectrometry (MS) Testing in Monoclonal Gammopathy (MG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Glomerulonephritis›immune complex NEC(circulating)
  • Glomerulonephritis›necrotic, necrotizing NEC
  • Glomerulonephritis›proliferative NEC
  • Glomerulonephritis›specified pathology NEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic›diffuse sclerosing
  • Nephritis, nephritic›immune complex NEC(circulating)
  • Nephritis, nephritic›necrotic, necrotizing NEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic›proliferative NEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic›sclerosing, diffuse
  • Nephritis, nephritic›specified pathology NEC
  • Nephropathy›proliferative NEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic›with›specified morphological changes NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N05

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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