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<pre>{{ICD10 Guideline Nephritic Syndrome}}</pre> | <pre>{{ICD10 Guideline Nephritic Syndrome}}</pre> | ||
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*In ICD10 there are no codes specific for glomerulonephritis (GN) -- instead the various forms of that entity are included in the various codes for "Nephritic sydrome" | *In ICD10 there are no codes specific for glomerulonephritis (GN) -- instead the various forms of that entity are included in the various codes for "Nephritic sydrome" | ||
*Nephritic syndrome represents a class/category of renal diseases that are due to non-infectious inflammation of the glomerulus | *Nephritic syndrome represents a class/category of renal diseases that are due to non-infectious inflammation of the glomerulus | ||
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**if nothing is said about it's onset or persistence, then use the wastebasket of [[Nephritic syndrome, NOS]] | **if nothing is said about it's onset or persistence, then use the wastebasket of [[Nephritic syndrome, NOS]] | ||
*Important to distinguish the various Nephritic syndrome codes from [[Nephrotic syndrome]] | *Important to distinguish the various Nephritic syndrome codes from [[Nephrotic syndrome]] | ||
* a classic cause of GN (especially Nephritic syndrome, rapidly progressive is as an immune after-effect of Strep infection, so-called Post-strep GN). To code this we will add a new code B98, to be called [[Other specified infectious agents as the cause of diseases classified by other ICD10 code]] -- this new code, with the appropriate Streptoccus code, is then combined with the appropriate Nephritic syndrome code to get Post-strep GN | |||