2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N18.1

Chronic kidney disease, stage 1

  • N18.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM N18.1 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N18.1 – other international versions of ICD-10 N18.1 may differ.

The following code(s) above N18.1 contain annotation back-references

 that may be applicable to N18.1:

  • N00-N99  Diseases of the genitourinary system
  • N17-N19  Acute kidney failure and chronic kidney disease
  • N18  Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

Approximate Synonyms

  • Anemia co-occurrent and due to chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Anemia in chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Benign htn heart and ckd, 1 (gfr>=90)
  • Benign htn heart and ckd, 1 (gfr>=90), w chf
  • Benign hypertensive heart and chronic renal disease stage 1
  • Benign hypertensive heart and chronic renal disease stage 1 with congestive heart failure
  • Benign hypertensive heart disease and chronic renal disease stage 1
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to benign hypertension
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to drug induced diabetes
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to hypertension
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to secondary diabetes
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Chronic kidney disease, mild
  • Diabetes type 1 with mild chronic kidney disease
  • Diabetes type 2 with mild chronic kidney disease
  • Diabetes type 2 with mild kidney disease
  • Drug induced diabetes with mild chronic kidney disease
  • Hypertension in chronic kidney disease stage 1 due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Hypertensive chronic kidney disease, mild
  • Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease stage 1 with congestive heart failure
  • Hypertensive kidney and heart disease
  • Hypertensive kidney and mild chronic kidney disease
  • Malignant htn heart and ckd, 1 (gfr>= 90)
  • Malignant hypertensive chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Malignant hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease stage 1
  • Secondary diabetes with chronic kidney disease
  • Severe chronic kidney failure with hypertension

Clinical Information

  • Long-standing and persistent renal disease with glomerular filtration rate (gfr) greater than 90 ml/min.

ICD-10-CM N18.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v42.0):

  • 008 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant
  • 019 Simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant with hemodialysis
  • 682 Renal failure with mcc
  • 683 Renal failure with cc
  • 684 Renal failure without cc/mcc

Convert N18.1 to ICD-9-CMCode History

  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
  • 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to N18.1:

  • Use Additional: E08.22, E09.22, E10.22, E11.22, E13.22, Q87.81, I12.9, I13.10

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N18.1:

  • Disease, diseased – see also Syndrome
    • kidney (functional) (pelvis) N28.9
      • chronicN18.9
        • stage 1 N18.1
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