Billable Medical Code for Proteinuria
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 791.0
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 791.0.
Known As
Proteinuria is also known as diabetes type 1 with microalbuminemia, diabetes type 2 with diabetic proteinuria, diabetes type 2 with microalbuminemia, diabetes, type 1 with proteinuria, DM 1 w diabetic microalbuminuria, DM 1 w diabetic proteinuria, DM 2 w diabetic microalbuminuria, DM 2 W diabetic proteinuria, isolated proteinuria, isolated proteinuria due to membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 3, isolated proteinuria w crescentic glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria w dense deposit disease, isolated proteinuria w endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria w focal segmental glomerular lesions, isolated proteinuria w membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 1, isolated proteinuria w membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type 3, isolated proteinuria w membranous glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria w mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria w minimal change lesion, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion dense deposit disease, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion diffuse concentric glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion diffuse endocapillary proliferative glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion diffuse mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion focal and segmental glomerular lesions, isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesion minor glomerular abnormality, microalbuminuria, microalbuminuria (albumin in urine), microalbuminuria due to type 1 diabetes mellitus, microalbuminuria due to type 2 diabetes mellitus, persistent proteinuria associated with type II diabetes mellitus, proteinuria (protein in urine), proteinuria due to type 1 diabetes mellitus, and proteinuria due to type 2 diabetes mellitus (disorder). This excludes postural proteinuria (593.6) and that arising during pregnancy or the puerperium (642.0-642.9, 646.2). This applies to albuminura and bence-jones proteinuria.
Proteinuria Definition and Symptoms
Proteinuria is the presence of high levels of protein in the urine. Proteinuria can have many different causes including eclampsia, toxic lesion of the kidneys, or dehydration. Proteinuria has no symptoms, but may cause the urine to look “foamy” in the toilet.