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N11.0

Nonobstructive reflux-associated chronic pyelonephritis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
N11.0code
Excludes1
N10-N16block
Excludes1
  • pyeloureteritis cystica (N28.85)N28.85
N00-N99chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 6
N11code
Includes
  • chronic infectious interstitial nephritis
  • chronic pyelitis
  • chronic pyelonephritis
Use additional code
  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.B95-B97
N11.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Pyelonephritis (chronic) associated with (vesicoureteral) reflux
N10-N16block
Includes
  • pyelonephritis
Index entries leading here 3
  • Pyelonephritis — see also Nephritis, tubulo-interstitial
    • chronic N11.9
      • nonobstructive N11.8
        • with reflux (vesicoureteral) N11.0
    • nonobstructive N12
      • with reflux (vesicoureteral) N11.0
  • Nephritis, nephritic (albuminuric) (azotemic) (congenital) (disseminated) (epithelial) (familial) (focal) (granulomatous) (hemorrhagic) (infantile) (nonsuppurative, excretory) (uremic) N05.9
    • tubulo-interstitial (in) N12
  • Reflux K21.9
    • vesicoureteral (with scarring) N13.70
      • with
        • pyelonephritis (chronic) N11.0
Alongside this code 3 same parent — N11
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
N11
Block
N10-N16
Siblings
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.