583.6 RENAL CORT NECROSIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 583.6

Short Description: Renal cort necrosis NOS

Long Description: Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of renal cortical necrosis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (580–629)
    • Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis (580-589)
      • 583 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic
        • 583.6 Renal cort necrosis NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 583.6 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cortical - see also condition
    • necrosis, kidney� (bilateral) 583.6
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • with
      • lesion of
        • renal necrosis 583.9
          • cortical 583.6
      • necrosis, renal 583.9
        • cortical 583.6
  • Necrosis, necrotic
    • cortical, kidney 583.6
    • kidney (bilateral) 583.9
      • cortical 583.6
        • acute 584.6
          • with
            • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with renal failure
            • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.3
            • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.3
          • complicating pregnancy 646.2
            • affecting fetus or newborn 760.1
          • following labor and delivery 669.3
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • with
      • lesion of
        • renal necrosis 583.9
          • cortical 583.6
      • necrosis, renal 583.9
        • cortical 583.6
  • Nephropathy (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • with
      • necrosis 583.9
        • cortical 583.6

Crosswalk Information

The code 583.6 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
583.6 Right Arrow N17.1 Acute kidney failure with acute cortical necrosis
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
583.0 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of proliferative glomerulonephritis
583.1 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of membranous glomerulonephritis
583.2 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
583.4 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
583.7 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with lesion of renal medullary necrosis
583.81 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, in diseases classified elsewhere
583.89 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with other specified pathological lesion in kidney
583.9 Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, with unspecified pathological lesion in kidney


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