icd-10 code for acute renal insufficiency

by Jerrod Hartmann Jr. 5 min read

What is renal failure?

Renal failure, also known as kidney failure or renal insufficiency, is a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to adequately filter waste products from the blood. The two main forms are acute kidney injury, which is often reversible with adequate treatment, and chronic kidney disease, which is often not reversible.

What is the ICD10 code for 584.9?

This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 584.9 was previously used, N17.9 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.

What does "Excludes 2" mean?

A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here.". Traumatic kidney injury - instead, use code S37.0-.

What is inclusion term?

Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar.

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