N04
Non-billableNephrotic syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- congenital nephrotic syndrome
- lipoid nephrosis
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Code Also
A second code may be required; sequencing depends on circumstances
- any associated kidney failure (N17-N19).
Child Codes (11)
N04.0Nephrotic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
N04.1Nephrotic syndrome w focal and segmental glomerular lesions
N04.2Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis
N04.3Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse mesangial prolif glomrlneph
N04.4Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse endocaplry prolif glomrlneph
N04.5Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse mesangiocapillary glomrlneph
N04.6Nephrotic syndrome with dense deposit disease
N04.7Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis
N04.8Nephrotic syndrome with other morphologic changes
N04.9Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
N04.ANephrotic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- Change Diseases, MinimalC0027721
- Disease, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Diseases, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Glomerulonephritides, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Glomerulonephritis minimal lesionC0027721
- Glomerulonephritis, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Glomerulopathies, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Glomerulopathy, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Idiopathic Minimal Change Nephrotic SyndromeC0027721
- Light negative glomerulonephritisC0027721
- Lipid nephrosisC0027721
- Lipoid NephrosesC0027721
- Lipoid NephrosisC0027721
- Lipoid nephrosisC0027721
- MCD - Minimal change diseaseC0027721
- MCGN - Minimal change glomerulonephritisC0027721
- MCN - Minimal change nephropathyC0027721
- Minimal Change DiseaseC0027721
- Minimal Change DiseasesC0027721
- Minimal Change GlomerulonephritidesC0027721
- Minimal Change GlomerulonephritisC0027721
- Minimal Change GlomerulopathyC0027721
- Minimal Change NephropathiesC0027721
- Minimal Change NephropathyC0027721
- Minimal change diseaseC0027721
- Minimal change disease (disorder)C0027721
- Minimal change glomerulonephritisC0027721
- Minimal change nephropathyC0027721
- Nephropathies, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Nephropathy, Minimal ChangeC0027721
- Nephroses, LipoidC0027721
- Nephrosis, LipoidC0027721
- Nil diseaseC0027721
- change disease minimalC0027721
- change diseases minimalC0027721
- change glomerulonephritis minimalC0027721
- changes glomerulonephritis minimalC0027721
- disease nilsC0027721
- lipoid nephrosisC0027721
- minimal change diseaseC0027721
- minimal change nephropathyC0027721
- nephrosis lipoidC0027721
- nil diseaseC0027721
- Congenital Nephrotic SyndromeC3501848
- Congenital nephrosisC3501848
- Congenital nephrotic syndromeC3501848
- Congenital nephrotic syndrome (disorder)C3501848
- Familial nephrotic syndromeC3501848
- Nephrosis, congenitalC3501848
- Nephrotic syndrome, congenitalC3501848
- congenital nephrotic syndromeC3501848
- familial nephrotic syndromeC3501848
- NS - Nephrotic syndromeC0027726
- NephrosisC0027726
- Nephrotic SyndromeC0027726
- Nephrotic SyndromesC0027726
- Nephrotic syndromeC0027726
- Nephrotic syndrome (disorder)C0027726
- Syndrome nephroticC0027726
- Syndrome, NephroticC0027726
- nephrotic syndromeC0027726
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code N04?
ICD-10-CM code N04 represents "Nephrotic syndrome". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is N04 a billable code?
No, N04 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 11 child codes under N04.
What chapter is N04 in?
N04 is in Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (codes N00-N99).
What codes cannot be used with N04?
N04 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: hypertensive chronic kidney disease (I12.-).
What are the subcategories under N04?
N04 has 11 child codes, including: N04.0 (Nephrotic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality), N04.1 (Nephrotic syndrome w focal and segmental glomerular lesions), N04.2 (Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis), N04.3 (Nephrotic syndrome w diffuse mesangial prolif glomrlneph), and 7 more.
What are the UMLS CUIs for N04?
N04 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0027721, C3501848, C0027726. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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