ICD-11 classes
16 Diseases of the genitourinary system
Diseases of the urinary system
Renal tubulo-interstitial diseases
GB55 — Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis
GB55.2 — Chronic urate nephropathy

ICD-11 GB55.2 — Chronic urate nephropathy

A condition characterised by deposition of urate crystals in the tubules and interstitium, partial or complete obstruction of the collecting ducts, renal pelvis, or ureter, hyperuricaemia disproportionate to the degree of renal insufficiency and decreased urate excretion. This condition may lead to inflammation, fibrosis, and renal failure.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.