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N26.2

N26.2: Page kidney

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N26.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for page kidney. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N26.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N26: Unspecified contracted kidney

  • contracted kidney due to hypertension (I12.-)
  • diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8.-)
  • hypertensive nephrosclerosis (arteriolar) (arteriosclerotic) (I12.-)
  • small kidney of unknown cause (N27.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N26.2 is named in 16 Medicare coverage policies: 16 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A56500Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
  • A56675Billing and Coding: Homocysteine Level, Serum
  • A56682Billing and Coding: Diagnostic Abdominal Aortography and Renal Angiography

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Contraction, contracture, contracted›kidney›Page

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N26

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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