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N05.9

N05.9: Unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N05.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N05.9

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 N05.9

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

N05.9 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
  • A58921Billing and Coding: Mass Spectrometry (MS) Testing in Monoclonal Gammopathy (MG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Nephritis, nephritic(albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic)
  • Disorder›glomerular(in)
  • Glomerulonephritis›poststreptococcal NEC
  • Nephritis, nephritic›poststreptococcal
  • Nephritis, nephritic›with›lesion of›renal necrosis

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.