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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 581
Nephrotic syndrome
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 6 ICD-9-CM codes below 581 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • A collection of symptoms that include severe edema, proteinuria, and hypoalbuminemia; it is indicative of renal dysfunction
  • A condition characterized by severe proteinuria, greater than 3.5 g/day in an average adult. The substantial loss of protein in the urine results in complications such as hypoproteinemia; generalized edema; hypertension; and hyperlipidemias. Diseases associated with nephrotic syndrome generally cause chronic kidney dysfunction
  • A kidney disease characterized by a high protein level in urine
  • Diseases involving defective kidney glomeruli, characterized by massive proteinuria and lipiduria with varying degrees of edema, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia
  • Nephrotic syndrome: twenty-four hour urine protein > three grams. May be associated with hypoalbuminemia and hypercholesterolemia
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