N17 ICD-10-CA category: Acute renal failure
N17 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 5 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
N17Acute renal failure
ICD-10-CA · Canada
Codes in N17
N17 isn’t a code on its own. Open the code that matches what the note documents.
Notes for N17
As CIHI prints them, with any note N17 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) (nontraumatic)acute renal impairment
Use additional code
Add a code for this detail when the note documents it.
- Use additional external cause code (Chapter XX) to identify external agent.From N17-N19 Renal failure
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Congenital renal failure (P96.0)drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditions (N14.-)extrarenal uraemia (R39.2)haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (D59.3)hepatorenal syndrome (K76.7):• postpartum (O90.4)prerenal uraemia (R39.2)renal failure:• complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07)(O08.4)• following labour and delivery (O90.4-)• postprocedural (N99.0)From N17-N19 Renal failure
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)neoplasms (C00-D48)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)From Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
Where N17 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99)
- 2Block N17-N19Renal failure
- 3Category N17Acute renal failure
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is N17 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. N17 (Acute renal failure) is a category heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 5 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is N17 in ICD-10-CA?
N17 sits under N17-N19 Renal failure, within Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99).
What coding notes apply to N17?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Use additional code, Excludes notes for N17, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.