Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 593.9
Unspecified disorder of kidney and ureter
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 593.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 593.9 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 593.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N28.9 Disorder of kidney and ureter, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abnl renal function
  • Abnl renal tubular function
  • Abnormal renal function
  • Abnormal renal tubular function
  • Acute renal failure syndrome
  • Acute renal insufficiency
  • Disorder of ureter
  • Impaired renal function
  • Kidney disease
  • Kidney lesion
  • Kidney mass
  • Renal failure syndrome
  • Renal function impaired
  • Renal impairment
  • Renal insufficiency
  • Renal insufficiency, acute
  • Renal mass
  • Ureteral disorder
Clinical Information
  • A neoplastic or non-neoplastic condition affecting the kidney. Representative examples of non-neoplastic conditions include glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome. Representative examples of neoplastic conditions include benign processes (e.g., renal lipoma and renal fibroma) and malignant processes (e.g., renal cell carcinoma and renal lymphoma)
  • Impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning of the kidney
593.9 Excludes
Applies To
  • Acute renal disease
  • Acute renal insufficiency
  • Renal disease NOS
  • Salt-losing nephritis or syndrome
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 593.9:
  • Backflow (pyelovenous) (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Block
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Cachexia 799.4
    • renal (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Complaint - see also Disease
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Damage
    • renal (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Depletion
    • salt or sodium 276.1
      • causing heat exhaustion or prostration 992.4
      • nephropathy 593.9
  • Deposit
    • urate, in kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • renal (functional) (pelvis) (see also Disease, kidney) 593.9
      • with
        • edema (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
        • exudative nephritis 583.89
        • lesion of interstitial nephritis 583.89
        • stated generalized cause - see Nephritis
      • acute 593.9
      • basement membrane NEC 583.89
        • with pulmonary hemorrhage (Goodpasture's syndrome) 446.21 [583.81]
      • chronic (see also Disease, kidney, chronic) 585.9
      • complicating pregnancy or puerperium NEC 646.2
        • with hypertension - see Toxemia, of pregnancy
        • affecting fetus or newborn 760.1
      • cystic, congenital (see also Cystic, disease, kidney) 753.10
      • diabetic 250.4 [583.81]
      • due to
      • end-stage 585.6
      • exudative 583.89
      • fibrocystic (congenital) 753.19
      • gonococcal 098.19 [583.81]
      • gouty 274.10
      • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.90
      • immune complex NEC 583.89
      • interstitial (diffuse) (focal) 583.89
      • lupus 710.0 [583.81]
      • maternal, affecting fetus or newborn 760.1
      • phosphate-losing (tubular) 588.0
      • polycystic (congenital) 753.12
      • specified lesion or cause NEC (see also Glomerulonephritis) 583.89
      • subacute 581.9
      • syphilitic 095.4
      • tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.0 [583.81]
      • tubular (see also Nephrosis, tubular) 584.5
    • ureter 593.9
  • Disorder - see also Disease
  • Dysfunction
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Impaired, impairment (function)
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • renal (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Inaction, kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Inefficiency
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Infiltrate, infiltration
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Insufficiency, insufficient
    • kidney
    • renal 593.9
  • Lesion(s)
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Low
    • function - see also Hypofunction
      • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
      • liver 573.9
    • reserve, kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • salt syndrome 593.9
  • Mass
    • kidney (see also Disease, kidney) 593.9
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • salt-losing or salt-wasting (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Nephropathy (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • salt-losing or salt-wasting (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Nonfunctioning
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Reduction
    • function
      • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
      • liver 573.8
  • Reserve, decreased or low
    • cardiac - see Disease, heart
      • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Salt-losing
    • nephritis (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • syndrome (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Swelling 782.3
    • tubular (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • salt
      • depletion (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
        • due to heat NEC 992.8
          • causing heat exhaustion or prostration 992.4
      • low (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • salt-losing (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • Thorn's (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Thorn's syndrome (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Toxemia 799.89
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
    • renal (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
  • Trouble - see also Disease
    • kidney (see also Disease, renal) 593.9
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