Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 584.9
Acute kidney failure, unspecified
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 584.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 584.9 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: 584.9 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N17.9 Acute kidney failure, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute ischemic renal failure
  • Acute nontraumatic kidney injury
  • Acute on chronic renal failure
  • Acute renal failure
  • Acute renal failure after procedure
  • Acute renal failure due to ace inhibitor
  • Acute renal failure due to angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor (disorder)
  • Acute renal failure due to contrast agent
  • Acute renal failure due to ischemia
  • Acute renal failure due to obstruction
  • Acute renal failure from obstruction
  • Acute renal failure on dialysis
  • Acute renal failure syndrome
  • Acute with chronic renal failure
  • Acute-on-chronic renal failure
  • Injury kidney, nontraumatic, acute
  • Nontraumatic acute kidney injury
  • Postprocedural acute renal failure
  • Renal failure (ARF), acute on chronic
  • Renal failure (ARF), acute, ACE I-induced
  • Renal failure (ARF), acute, ischemic
Clinical Information
  • A disorder characterized by the acute loss of renal function and is traditionally classified as pre-renal (low blood flow into kidney), renal (kidney damage) and post-renal causes (ureteral or bladder outflow obstruction)
  • Clinical syndrome characterized by a sudden decrease in glomerular filtration rate, usually associated with oliguria and 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
  • Sudden and sustained deterioration of the kidney function characterized by decreased glomerular filtration rate, increased serum creatinine or oliguria
584.9 Excludes
Applies To
  • Acute kidney injury (nontraumatic)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 584.9:
  • Failure, failed
    • renal (kidney) 586
      • with
        • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with renal failure
        • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.3
        • edema (see also Nephrosis) 581.9
        • hypertension (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.91
        • hypertensive heart disease (conditions classifiable to 402) 404.92
        • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.3
        • tubular necrosis (acute) 584.5
      • acute 584.9
        • with lesion of
          • necrosis
          • specified pathology NEC 584.8
      • chronic 585.9
        • hypertensive or with hypertension (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.91
      • due to a procedure 997.5
      • following
      • hypertensive (see also Hypertension, kidney) 403.91
      • puerperal, postpartum 669.3
  • Injury 959.9
    • kidney - see Injury, internal, kidney
      • acute (nontraumatic) 584.9
  • Necrosis, necrotic
    • kidney (bilateral) 583.9
      • acute 584.9
      • cortical 583.6
        • acute 584.6
          • with
            • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with renal failure
            • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.3
            • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.3
          • complicating pregnancy 646.2
            • affecting fetus or newborn 760.1
          • following labor and delivery 669.3
      • medullary (papillary) (see also Pyelitis) 590.80
        • in
          • acute renal failure 584.7
          • nephritis, nephropathy 583.7
      • papillary (see also Pyelitis) 590.80
        • in
          • acute renal failure 584.7
          • nephritis, nephropathy 583.7
      • tubular 584.5
        • with
          • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with renal failure
          • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.3
          • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.3
        • complicating
        • following labor and delivery 669.3
        • traumatic 958.5
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • saturnine 584.9
      • specified type of lead - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
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