Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 582.4
Chronic glomerulonephritis with lesion of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
  • Short description: Chr rapid progr nephrit.
  • ICD-9-CM 582.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 582.4 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).
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  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 582.4: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 582.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N03.8 Chronic nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes
Approximate Synonyms
  • Chronic glomerulonephritis with rapidly progressive g
  • Chronic nephritic syndrome w crescentic glomerulonephritis
  • Rapidly progressive chronic glomerulonephritis
Applies To
  • Chronic nephritis with lesion of necrotizing glomerulitis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 582.4:
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • chronic 582.9
      • with
        • exudative nephritis 582.89
        • interstitial nephritis (diffuse) (focal) 582.89
        • necrotizing glomerulitis 582.4
        • specified pathology or lesion NEC 582.89
      • endothelial 582.2
      • extracapillary with epithelial crescents 582.4
      • hypocomplementemic persistent 582.2
      • lobular 582.2
      • membranoproliferative 582.2
      • membranous 582.1
      • mesangiocapillary 582.2
      • mixed membranous and proliferative 582.2
      • proliferative (diffuse) 582.0
      • rapidly progressive 582.4
      • sclerosing 582.1
    • extracapillary with epithelial crescents 583.4
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • necrotic, necrotizing 583.4
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