591 HYDRONEPHROSIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 591

Short Description: Hydronephrosis

Long Description: Hydronephrosis

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (580–629)
    • Other diseases of urinary system (590-599)
      • 591 Hydronephrosis
        • 591 Hydronephrosis

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 591 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • hydronephrosis 591
    • kidney (senile) (see also Sclerosis, renal) 587
      • hydronephrotic 591
  • Contraction, contracture, contracted
    • kidney (granular) (secondary) (see also Sclerosis, renal) 587
      • hydronephritic 591
  • Cyst (mucus) (retention) (serous) (simple)
    • kidney (congenital) 753.10
      • calyceal (see also Hydronephrosis) 591
      • pyelogenic (see also Hydronephrosis) 591
  • Hydrocalycosis (see also Hydronephrosis) 591
    • congenital 753.29
  • Hydrocalyx (see also Hydronephrosis) 591
  • Hydronephrosis 591
    • atrophic 591
    • congenital 753.29
    • due to S. hematobium 120.0
    • early 591
    • functionless (infected) 591
    • infected 591
    • intermittent 591
    • primary 591
    • secondary 591
    • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.0
  • Hydroureteronephrosis (see also Hydronephrosis) 591
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • hydronephrosis 591
  • Lymphoma (malignant) (M9590/3) 202.8
    • non-Hodgkin's type NEC (M9591/3) 202.8
  • Pelvioectasis 591
  • Pyelohydronephrosis 591

Crosswalk Information

The code 591 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
591 Right Arrow N13.30 Unspecified hydronephrosis
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.

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