N08

Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

Billable

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Nephritis
  • Nephropathy

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with N08

  • glomerulonephritis, nephritis and nephropathy (in):
  • M31.0 - antiglomerular basement membrane disease (M31.0)
  • diabetes (E08-E13 with .21)
  • A54.21 - gonococcal (A54.21)
  • M31.0 - Goodpasture's syndrome (M31.0)
  • hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3-)
  • M32.14 - lupus (M32.14)
  • B26.83 - mumps (B26.83)
  • A52.75 - syphilis (A52.75)
  • M32.14 - systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.14)
  • M31.31 - Wegener's granulomatosis (M31.31)
  • N16 - pyelonephritis in diseases classified elsewhere (N16)
  • N16 - renal tubulo-interstitial disorders classified elsewhere (N16)

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • amyloidosis (E85.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.5)
  • cryoglobulinemia (D89.1)
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation (D65)
  • gout (M1A.-, M10.-)
  • microscopic polyangiitis (M31.7)
  • multiple myeloma (C90.0-)
  • sepsis (A40.0-A41.9)
  • sickle-cell disease (D57.0-D57.8)

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