Includes:

  • pyelonephritis

Excludes1

  • pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)
  1. N12 Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not specified as acute or chronic

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.