2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Genitourinary System 580-629 > Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, And Nephrosis 580-589 >  2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 584
Acute renal failure- A clinical syndrome characterized by a sudden decrease in glomerular filtration rate, often to values of less than 1 to 2 ml per minute. It is usually associated with oliguria (urine volumes of less than 400 ml per day) and is always associated with biochemical consequences of the reduction in glomerular filtration rate such as a rise in blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine concentrations.
- 584 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
584 excludes: - following labor and delivery (669.3)
- posttraumatic (958.5)
- that complicating:
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