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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 581.3
Nephrotic syndrome with lesion of minimal change glomerulonephritis
  • Short description: Minimal change nephrosis.
  • ICD-9-CM 581.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 581.3 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).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 581.3.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 581.3: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 581.3 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N04.0 Nephrotic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality
Approximate Synonyms
  • Chronic nephritic syndrome
  • Chronic nephritic syndrome w minimal change lesion
  • Chronic nephritic syndrome, minor glomerular abnormality
  • Congenital nephrotic syndrome
  • Hereditary minor glomerular abnormality
  • Hereditary nephropathy
  • Hereditary nephropathy w minimal change lesion
  • Isolated proteinuria
  • Isolated proteinuria w minimal change lesion
  • Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion, minor glomerular abnormality
  • Minimal change disease
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Nephrotic syndrome w minimal change lesion
  • Nephrotic syndrome, minor glomerular abnormality
  • Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome
  • Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome w minimal change lesion
  • Rapidly progressive nephritic syndrome, minor glomerular abnormality
  • Recurrent & persistent hematuria
  • Recurrent & persistent hematuria w minimal change lesion
  • Recurrent and persistent hematuria, minor glomerular abnormality (disorder)
  • Recurrent or persistent hematuria, minor glomerular abnormality
Applies To
  • Foot process disease
  • Lipoid nephrosis
  • Minimal change:
    • glomerular disease
    • glomerulitis
    • nephrotic syndrome
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 581.3:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • foot process 581.3
    • glomerular
      • membranous, idiopathic 581.1
      • minimal change 581.3
  • Foot - see also condition
    • process disease 581.3
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • minimal change 581.3
  • Lipoid - see also condition
    • nephrosis (see also Nephrosis) 581.3
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (degenerative) (diffuse) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) 583.9
    • minimal change 581.3
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) 581.9
    • with
      • lesion of
        • focal glomerulosclerosis 581.1
        • glomerulonephritis
          • endothelial 581.2
          • hypocomplementemic persistent 581.2
          • lobular 581.2
          • membranoproliferative 581.2
          • membranous 581.1
          • mesangiocapillary 581.2
          • minimal change 581.3
          • mixed membranous and proliferative 581.2
          • proliferative 581.0
        • segmental hyalinosis 581.1
        • specified pathology NEC 581.89
    • lipoid 581.3
    • minimal change 581.3
 581.2 ICD9Data.com 581.8 
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