ARF (APACHE)

Note: Information on this page applies to the APACHE II ARF dropdown only; for the diagnosis code of Acute Renal Failure see ARF (Diagnosis)

Coding Guideline

For critical care only: The ARF (Acute Renal Failure) dropdown for APACHE defaults to "enter"; you won't be able to send unless you change it to one of the following:

Choose "yes" if the following conditions are met:

• patient is in ICU/Critical Care
• for 8 hrs consecutively in the first 24 hrs of admission:
  • creatinine > 133 mmols and
  • urine < 135 cc

Choose "no" if the pt

• has CRF in comorbids
• doesn't have CRF

Data Use

ARF is one component used to generate the APACHE II score.

Specifically, double points are assigned for the Creatinine score if the patient has ARF . (see APACHE_Scoring_table#Physiological_Variables)

Template:Data Integrity Rules

• implemented in CCMDB.mdb
  • Check ApARF CRF
• additional checks, some of which are run by Pagasa in Category:Data Cleaner.mdb
  • Renal Coding Considerations

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see Category:Renal Problem for other renal problems