N17.1
N17.1: Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N17.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N17.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acute cortical necrosis
- Cortical necrosis NOS
- Renal cortical necrosis
Other codes that can never be billed with N17.1
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
N17.1 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›cortical(acute) (renal)
- Necrosis, necrotic›kidney›cortical(acute) (bilateral)
- Failure, failed›renal›acute›with›cortical necrosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.