Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 581.81
Nephrotic syndrome in diseases classified elsewhere
  • Short description: NEPHROTIC SYN IN OTH DIS.
  • ICD-9-CM 581.81 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 581.81 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 581.81.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 581.81: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 581.81 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N08 Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
Approximate Synonyms
  • Armanni-Ebstein kidney
  • Diabetes type 1 with nephrotic syndrome
  • Diabetes type 2 with nephrotic syndrome
  • Diabetes-nephrosis syndrome
  • Diabetic intracapillary glomerulosclerosis
  • DM 1 w diabetic nephrotic syndrome
  • DM 2 w diabetic nephrotic syndrome
  • Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
  • Nephrotic syndrome associated with another disorder
  • Nephrotic syndrome due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Nephrotic syndrome due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Nephrotic syndrome in diabetes mellitus
  • Nephrotic syndrome in polyarteritis nodosa
  • Nephrotic syndrome, secondary
  • Nodular type diabetic glomerulosclerosis
  • Plasmodium malariae malaria w nephropathy
  • Plasmodium malariae malaria with nephropathy
  • Secondary nephrotic syndrome
  • SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus)
  • SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) with nephrosis
  • SLE w nephrosis
  • SLE w nephrotic syndrome
  • SLE with nephrotic syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus glomerulonephritis syndrome
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus glomerulonephritis syndrome, World Health Organization class II
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephrosis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephrotic syndrom
581.81 Excludes
  • nephrosis in epidemic hemorrhagic fever (078.6)
Code First
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 581.81:
  • Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (poorly controlled) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
    • glomerulosclerosis (intercapillary) 250.4 [581.81]
    • hypertension-nephrosis syndrome 250.4 [581.81]
    • intercapillary glomerulosclerosis 250.4 [581.81]
    • Kimmelstiel (-Wilson) disease or syndrome (intercapillary glomerulosclerosis) 250.4 [581.81]
    • nephrosis (syndrome) 250.4 [581.81]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Ebstein's
    • Kimmelstiel (-Wilson) (intercapillary glomerulosclerosis) 250.4 [581.81]
  • Ebstein's
    • disease (diabetes) 250.4 [581.81]
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
  • Glomerulosclerosis (see also Sclerosis, renal) 587
    • intercapillary (nodular) (with diabetes) 250.4 [581.81]
  • Kimmelstiel (-Wilson) disease or syndrome (intercapillary glomerulosclerosis) 250.4 [581.81]
  • Malaria, malarial (fever) 084.6
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) 581.9
    • in
      • amyloidosis 277.39 [581.81]
      • diabetes mellitus 250.4 [581.81]
      • epidemic hemorrhagic fever 078.6
      • malaria 084.9 [581.81]
      • polyarteritis 446.0 [581.81]
      • systemic lupus erythematosus 710.0 [581.81]
    • polyarteritic 446.0 [581.81]
  • Renal - see also condition
    • glomerulohyalinosis-diabetic syndrome 250.4 [581.81]
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • diabetes mellitus-hypertension-nephrosis 250.4 [581.81]
    • diabetes-nephrosis 250.4 [581.81]
    • Kimmelstiel-Wilson (intercapillary glomerulosclerosis) 250.4 [581.81]
    • nephrotic (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
    • renal glomerulohyalinosis-diabetic 250.4 [581.81]
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