581.9 NEPHROTIC SYNDROME NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 581.9

Short Description: Nephrotic syndrome NOS

Long Description: Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified pathological lesion in kidney

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (580–629)
    • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589)
      • 581 Nephrotic syndrome
        • 581.9 Nephrotic syndrome NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 581.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anasarca 782.3
    • renal (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • renal (functional) (pelvis) (see also Disease, kidney) 593.9
      • with
        • edema (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
      • subacute 581.9
  • Dropsy, dropsical (see also Edema) 782.3
    • kidney (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • nephritic 581.9
    • renal (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Edema, edematous 782.3
    • with nephritis (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • renal (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Epstein's
    • nephrosis or syndrome (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Failure, failed
    • renal (kidney) 586
      • with
        • edema (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • with
      • edema (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • hydremic (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • nephrotic (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Hydrops 782.3
    • renal (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • with
      • nephrotic syndrome (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • subacute (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Nephronephritis (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) 581.9
    • with
      • lesion of
        • focal glomerulosclerosis 581.1
        • glomerulonephritis
          • endothelial 581.2
          • hypocomplementemic persistent 581.2
          • lobular 581.2
          • membranoproliferative 581.2
          • membranous 581.1
          • mesangiocapillary 581.2
          • minimal change 581.3
          • mixed membranous and proliferative 581.2
          • proliferative 581.0
        • segmental hyalinosis 581.1
        • specified pathology NEC 581.89
    • acute - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • anoxic - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • arteriosclerotic (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.90
    • chemical - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • cholemic 572.4
    • complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium - see Nephritis, complicating pregnancy
    • diabetic 250.4 [581.81]
      • due to secondary diabetes 249.4 [581.81]
    • Finnish type (congenital) 759.89
    • hemoglobinuric - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • in
      • amyloidosis 277.39 [581.81]
      • diabetes mellitus 250.4 [581.81]
        • due to secondary diabetes 249.4 [581.81]
      • epidemic hemorrhagic fever 078.6
      • malaria 084.9 [581.81]
      • polyarteritis 446.0 [581.81]
      • systemic lupus erythematosus 710.0 [581.81]
    • ischemic - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • lipoid 581.3
    • lower nephron - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • lupoid 710.0 [581.81]
    • lupus 710.0 [581.81]
    • malarial 084.9 [581.81]
    • minimal change 581.3
    • necrotizing - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • osmotic (sucrose) 588.89
    • polyarteritic 446.0 [581.81]
    • radiation 581.9
    • specified lesion or cause NEC 581.89
    • syphilitic 095.4
    • toxic - see Nephrosis, tubular
    • tubular (acute) 584.5
      • due to a procedure 997.5
      • radiation 581.9
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • idiopathic nephrotic (infantile) 581.9
    • nephrotic (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
      • diabetic 250.4 [581.81]
        • due to secondary diabetes 249.4 [581.81]

Crosswalk Information

The code 581.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
581.9 Right Arrow N04.9 Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
581.0 Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of proliferative glomerulonephritis
581.1 Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of membranous glomerulonephritis
581.2 Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
581.3 Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of minimal change glomerulonephritis
581.81 Nephrotic syndrome in diseases classified elsewhere
581.89 Nephrotic syndrome with other specified pathological lesion in kidney


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