Understanding Medical Code 286: Kidney and Ureteral Disorders

The medical code 286 is used for reporting diagnoses and procedures related to the kidneys and ureters. Specifically, it is used for reporting disorders of the renal tubule, such as:

- Renal tubular acidosis

- Fanconi syndrome

- Bartter syndrome

- Gitelman syndrome

- Hypokalemic nephropathy

- Cystinosis

- Medullary sponge kidney

- Polycystic kidney disease

- Ureteropelvic junction obstruction

- Ureteral stricture

- Ureteral fistula

- Ureteral diverticulum

- Ureteral neoplasms