N17
N17: Acute kidney failure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
N17 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute kidney failure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- associated underlying condition
Other codes that can never be billed with N17
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- N19Unspecified kidney failure
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead N17
5 child codes. Green means billable.