Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

N19 Unspecified kidney failure

Billable

Block: Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease (N17-N19)

Includes

  • Uremia NOS

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • acute kidney failure (N17.-)
  • chronic kidney disease (N18.-)
  • chronic uremia (N18.9)
  • extrarenal uremia (R39.2)
  • prerenal uremia (R39.2)
  • renal insufficiency (acute) (N28.9)
  • uremia of newborn (P96.0)
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This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.

No additional specificity is required — submit N19 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.

Last reviewed: September 2026