N14.11 — Contrast-induced nephropathy
N14.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contrast-induced nephropathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- acute kidney failure (N17.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contrast medium, radiography nephropathy
Risk adjustment
N14.11 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
N14.11 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A55336Billing and Coding: Retroperitoneal Ultrasound
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
How N14.11 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to N14.11.
- Nephropathy›contrast medium, radiography
- Nephropathy›contrast-induced
- Nephropathy›drug-induced›contrast-induced
Related codes at this level
Codes that share N14.1. If N14.11 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about N14.11
- Is N14.11 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. N14.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does N14.11 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases (N10-N16).