N17.0
N17.0: Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N17.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N17.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Renal tubular necrosis
- Tubular necrosis NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with N17.0
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.
Medicare coverage
N17.0 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 12 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 10 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A60145Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejectionnot covered
- A60146Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejectionnot covered
- A60151Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejectionnot covered
- A60152Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Solid Organ Allograft Rejectionnot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Necrosis, necrotic›tubular(acute) (anoxic) (renal) (toxic)
- Nephropathy›vasomotor
- Nephrosis, nephrotic›tubular(acute)
- Shock›kidney
- Necrosis, necrotic›kidney›tubular
- Stasis›renal›tubular
- Syndrome›shock›kidney
- Failure, failed›renal›with›tubular necrosis(acute)
- Failure, failed›renal›acute›with›tubular necrosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.