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N25.89

N25.89: Other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N25.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular function. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Hypokalemic nephropathy
  • Lightwood-Albright syndrome
  • Renal tubular acidosis NOS

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

N25.89 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57122Billing and Coding: Parathormone (Parathyroid Hormone)
  • A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium
  • A59186Billing and Coding: Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Lightwood-Albright syndrome
  • Lightwood's disease or syndrome(renal tubular acidosis)
  • Water-losing nephritis
  • Acidosis›kidney, tubular
  • Acidosis›renal(hyperchloremic) (tubular)
  • Disease, diseased›Lightwood's(renal tubular acidosis)
  • Nephropathy›hypercalcemic
  • Nephropathy›hypokalemic(vacuolar)
  • Nephropathy›potassium depletion
  • Nephropathy›protein-losing
  • Nephropathy›water-losing
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic›osmotic(sucrose)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N25.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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