N05.A

N05.A: Unspecified nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N05.A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified nephritic syndrome with c3 glomerulonephritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N05.A with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

Unspecified nephritic syndrome (with C3 glomerulopathy) with dense deposit disease (N05.6)

Inclusion terms

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

Unspecified nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulopathy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N05.A

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.A

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

N00Acute nephritic syndrome
N01Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome
N03Chronic nephritic syndrome
N05.5Unspecified nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
N28.9Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Glomerulonephritis›with›C3›glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis›with›C3›glomerulopathy
Nephritis, nephritic›with›C3›glomerulonephritis
Nephritis, nephritic›with›C3›glomerulopathy

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.