N17.2
N17.2: Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
N17.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N17.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Medullary [papillary] necrosis NOS
- Acute medullary [papillary] necrosis
- Renal medullary [papillary] necrosis
Other codes that can never be billed with N17.2
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
N17.2 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›medullary(acute) (renal)
- Necrosis, necrotic›papillary(acute) (renal)
- Nephropathy›phenacetin
- Papillitis›necrotizing, kidney
- Papillitis›renal, necrotizing
- Necrosis, necrotic›kidney›medullary(bilateral) (in acute renal failure) (papillary)
- Necrosis, necrotic›kidney›papillary(bilateral) (in acute renal failure)
- Nephropathy›analgesic›with medullary necrosis, acute
- Failure, failed›renal›acute›with›medullary necrosis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.