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* Patient does not have [[CRF - Chronic Renal Failure]]
* Patient does not have [[CRF - Chronic Renal Failure]]
**The ARF diagnosis only applies if patients actually receive dialysis or CRRT at that location.  If a pt does not receive dialysis you can code ARI or ATN instead.  See [[Renal Coding Considerations]]


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{{Data Integrity Rules}}
There are a number of coding rules related to renal diagnoses, centralized info about them is in [[Renal Coding Considerations]].  
There are a number of coding rules related to renal diagnoses, centralized info about them is in [[Renal Coding Considerations]].


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