N26 Unspecified contracted kidney

Category / Non-billable header 3 subcodes

Block: Other disorders of kidney and ureter (N25-N29)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • contracted kidney due to hypertension (I12.-)
  • diffuse sclerosing glomerulonephritis (N05.8.-)
  • hypertensive nephrosclerosis (arteriolar) (arteriosclerotic) (I12.-)
  • small kidney of unknown cause (N27.-)

Subcodes

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

Code Description Billable
N26..1 Atrophy of kidney (terminal) Yes
N26..2 Page kidney Yes
N26..9 Renal sclerosis, unspecified Yes

Last reviewed: September 2026