DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

N10 diagnosis code · Billable category · FY2027

N10 Acute pyelonephritis

  • Billable
  • CC
  • POA reported

N10 ICD-10 code: a billable diagnosis code in FY2027; the category has no subdivisions.

CC / MCC
CC
MS-DRG
689-690, 791, 793
HCC V28
–
POA
Reported
Code Editor
–
Index entries
5

Instructions

At N10

Inclusion terms

  • Acute infectious interstitial nephritis
  • Acute pyelitis
  • Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis
  • Hemoglobin nephrosis
  • Myoglobin nephrosis

Use additional code

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent. B95 B97

Notes that also apply

Block N10-N16 instructions (Includes 1, Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 14 instructions (Excludes2 8): printed on the chapter 14 page.

Index entries

  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) (congenital)hemoglobin → N10
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) (congenital)myoglobin → N10
  • Pyelitis (congenital) (uremic)acute → N10
  • Pyelonephritisacute → N10
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic)tubulo-interstitial (in)acute (infectious) → N10

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Medicare grouping and edits

CMS files for N10
CC / MCCCC
PDX exclusion list1325 (279 codes)
Appendix BMDC 11 Diseases and Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract, MS-DRG 689-690 (Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC…); MDC 15 Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, MS-DRG 791 (Prematurity with Major Problems…); MDC 15 Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period, MS-DRG 793 (Full Term Neonate with Major Problems…)
Code Editor–
POAReported
HCC V28–

CC as a secondary diagnosis, not when the principal diagnosis is on its PDX exclusion list.

CMS: MS-DRG v44 (Appendix B, C), MCE v44, POA list FY2027, 2027 Initial ICD-10-CM Mappings. What the rows mean.

Hierarchy