Excludes2

  • congenital renal failure (P96.0)
  • drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditions (N14.-)
  • extrarenal uremia (R39.2)
  • hemolytic-uremic syndrome (D59.3-)
  • hepatorenal syndrome (K76.7)
  • postpartum hepatorenal syndrome (O90.41)
  • posttraumatic renal failure (T79.5)
  • prerenal uremia (R39.2)
  • renal failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4)
  • renal failure following labor and delivery (O90.41)
  • renal failure postprocedural (N99.0)
  1. N17 Acute kidney failure

    1. N17.0 Acute kidney failure with tubular necrosis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Acute tubular necrosis
      • Renal tubular necrosis
      • Tubular necrosis NOS
    2. N17.1 Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Acute cortical necrosis
      • Cortical necrosis NOS
      • Renal cortical necrosis
    3. N17.2 Acute kidney failure with medullary necrosis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Medullary [papillary] necrosis NOS
      • Acute medullary [papillary] necrosis
      • Renal medullary [papillary] necrosis
    4. N17.8 Other acute kidney failure

    5. N17.9 Acute kidney failure, unspecified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Acute kidney injury (nontraumatic)
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.