Renal dialysis care, including dialysis itself: Difference between revisions
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* Use this code together with [[Chronic kidney disease (end-stage kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5]] in comorbs, to identify ESRD patients on chronic HD. | * Use this code together with [[Chronic kidney disease (end-stage kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5]] in comorbs, to identify ESRD patients on chronic HD. | ||
* Although this ''could'' be used as an [[Admit Diagnosis]] if in fact they're being admitted for dialysis (in which case, it should be linked to the diagnosis for which they're getting admitted for acute dialysis), it's PREFERRED that when someone is admitted for acute dialysis that you code the cause/reason it's needed (e.g. hyperkalemia) AND the CCI code for the dialysis. | * Although this ''could'' be used as an [[Admit Diagnosis]] if in fact they're being admitted for dialysis (in which case, it should be linked to the diagnosis for which they're getting admitted for acute dialysis), it's PREFERRED that when someone is admitted for acute dialysis that you code the cause/reason it's needed (e.g. hyperkalemia) AND the CCI code for the dialysis. | ||
{{DA | why is this only a suggestion then, rather than a collection instruction ''to not code this as admit / acquired''? Ttenbergen 23:28, 2018 November 18 (CST)}} | |||
*If the ICU space is '''merely borrowing the ICU space to dialyze a patient''', the patient should not be entered into our database. See [[Definition of an ICU admission#We don't include dialysis-only admissions]] | *If the ICU space is '''merely borrowing the ICU space to dialyze a patient''', the patient should not be entered into our database. See [[Definition of an ICU admission#We don't include dialysis-only admissions]] | ||