581.3 MINIMAL CHANGE NEPHROSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 581.3

Short Description: Minimal change nephrosis

Long Description: Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of minimal change glomerulonephritis

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 581.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • foot process 581.3
    • glomerular
      • minimal change 581.3
  • Foot - see also condition
    • process disease 581.3
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • minimal change 581.3
  • Lipoid - see also condition
    • nephrosis (see also Nephrosis) 581.3
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • minimal change 581.3
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) 581.9
    • with
      • lesion of
        • glomerulonephritis
          • minimal change 581.3
    • lipoid 581.3
    • minimal change 581.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 581.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
581.3 Right Arrow N04.0 Nephrotic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
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
581.81 Nephrotic syndrome in diseases classified elsewhere
581.89 Nephrotic syndrome with other specified pathological lesion in kidney
581.9 Nephrotic syndrome with unspecified pathological lesion in kidney


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