Renal Transplant: Difference between revisions

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* Is the complication for organ source mandatory? Should there be a check for it? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:56, 3 September 2009 (CDT)

** as per Fran/Gail: "Yes and it gets coded under renal transplant surgery"

* Where does the transplant itself get coded then? These instructions omit it.[[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:57, 3 September 2009 (CDT)

* Just to confirm - is the transplant surgery truly elective at all times? Would there not be an "expiry" consideration for cadaver donors? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:59, 3 September 2009 (CDT)

** as per Fran/Gail: "I'm not sure if they always are, in the case of cadaveric transplants, although the need to be done immediately, the recipient always can choose not to receive. But I have never seen anyone refuse.. HSC cadaveric transplants are done immediately because we are a single center with donors and recipients in same facility. In other centers where the organ is shipped from east to west coast ideally the surgery should be done within 24hrs, but procedure can be done later. But then the issue of cold ischemia to organ arises. This is according to Dr. Ho (nephrologist)"

=== Renal Donor Coding Process ===

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 * Is the complication for organ source mandatory? Should there be a check for it? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:56, 3 September 2009 (CDT)
+** as per Fran/Gail: "Yes and it gets coded under renal transplant surgery"
 * Where does the transplant itself get coded then? These instructions omit it.[[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:57, 3 September 2009 (CDT)
 * Just to confirm - is the transplant surgery truly elective at all times? Would there not be an "expiry" consideration for cadaver donors? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 16:59, 3 September 2009 (CDT)
+** as per Fran/Gail: "I'm not sure if they always are, in the case of cadaveric transplants, although the need to be done immediately, the recipient always can choose not to receive. But I have never seen anyone refuse.. HSC cadaveric transplants are done immediately because we are a single center with donors and recipients in same facility. In other centers where the organ is shipped from east to west coast ideally the surgery should be done within 24hrs, but procedure can be done later. But then the issue of cold ischemia to organ arises. This is according to Dr. Ho (nephrologist)"
 === Renal Donor Coding Process ===