N99.0

N99.0: Postprocedural (acute) (chronic) kidney failure

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N99.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postprocedural (acute) (chronic) kidney failure. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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code to type of kidney disease

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N99.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on N99: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

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Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N99.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Anuria›postprocedural
Oliguria›postprocedural
Block, blocked›kidney›postcystoscopic or postprocedural
Failure, failed›renal›postprocedural
Necrosis, necrotic›tubular›postprocedural
Nephrosis, nephrotic›tubular›postprocedural
Complication›genitourinary›postprocedural›renal failure

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.