APPENDIX 1.

ICD-9-CM codes used to define SLE nephritis. SLE diagnosis with ICD-9-CM = 710.0 in any position, plus one of the following codes in any position.

ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes
  Nephritis580.0, 580.4, 580.8, 580.81, 580.89, 580.9, 581.0, 581.1, 581.2, 581.3, 581.8, 581.81, 581.89, 581.9, 582.0, 582.1, 582.2, 582.4, 582.8, 582.81, 582.89, 582.9, 583.0, 583.1, 583.2, 583.4, 583.6, 583.7, 583.8, 583.81, 583.89, 583.9
  Chronic kidney disease585, 585.1, 585.2, 585.3, 585.4, 283.11, 403.00, 403.10, 403.90, 404.00, 404.10, 404.90, 404.01, 404.11, 404.91, 587, 588.8, 588.9, 642.1, 642.2, 794.4
  Dialysisv56.0, v56.8, v45.11, v56.1, v56.2, v56.3, v45.12, 792.5, v45.1, v56.31, v56.32
  Kidney transplantv42.0, 996.81
  Acute kidney failure584, 584.5, 584.6, 584.7, 584.8, 584.9
  Endstage kidney disease585.5, 585.6, 585.9, 586, 403.01, 403.11, 403.91, 404.02, 404.12, 404.92, 404.03, 404.13, 404.93
ICD-9-CM Procedure Codes
  Dialysis39.95, 54.98, 39.93, 39.94, 39.42, 39.27
  Kidney transplant55.69, 55.53, 55.52, 55.51, 55.54
  Kidney biopsy55.23, 55.24, 55.39, 55.21
  • ICD-9-CM: International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.