N03 Chronic nephritic syndrome

Category / Non-billable header 11 subcodes

Block: Glomerular diseases (N00-N08)

Includes

  • chronic glomerular disease
  • chronic glomerulonephritis
  • chronic nephritis

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis (N11.-)
  • diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8-)
  • nephritic syndrome NOS (N05.-)

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
N03..0 Chronic nephritic syndrome with minor glomerular abnormality Yes
N03..1 Chronic nephritic syndrome with focal and segmental glomerular lesions Yes
N03..2 Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis Yes
N03..3 Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis Yes
N03..4 Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis Yes
N03..5 Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis Yes
N03..6 Chronic nephritic syndrome with dense deposit disease Yes
N03..7 Chronic nephritic syndrome with diffuse crescentic glomerulonephritis Yes
N03..8 Chronic nephritic syndrome with other morphologic changes Yes
N03..9 Chronic nephritic syndrome with unspecified morphologic changes Yes
N03..A Chronic nephritic syndrome with C3 glomerulonephritis Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026