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{{G|Guideline}}: removed discussion tag, seems like this is all clear now
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* a patient is '''not''' on chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
* a patient is '''not''' on chronic hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
* If the prior Creatinine level is unknown use > 250 as a guideline to code ARI.
* If the prior Creatinine level is unknown use > 250 as a guideline to code ARI.
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* check what the pts baseline ''' per doctors note''' creatinine was prior to admission.  If creatinine was > or equal to 250 last admission code as ARI if the present creatinine was 350 or more.
* check what the pts baseline ''' per doctors note''' creatinine was prior to admission.  If creatinine was > or equal to 250 last admission code as ARI if the present creatinine was 350 or more.