CRF - Chronic Renal Failure

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Renal (old)
Type:	[[:Category: Medical Problem (old)]][[Category: Medical Problem (old)]]
Main Diagnosis:	CRF - Chronic Renal Failure
Sub Diagnosis:	mild moderate severe
Diagnosis Code:	35100 - Chronic Renal Failure 35101 - Chronic Renal Failure-mild 35102 - Chronic Renal Failure-moderate 35103 - Chronic Renal Failure-severe
Comorbid Diagnosis:	Yes
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	2
Program:	CC & Med
Status:	Currently Collected

• A patient who is currently receiving outpatient dialysis treatments prior to hospitalization is considered to be in CRF.
• A patient who is not currently on a dialysis treatment program should not be considered to be in CRF.
• A patient with an intact kidney transplant who is not being dialyzed should not be coded as CRF

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There are a number of coding rules related to renal diagnoses, centralized info about them is in Renal Coding Considerations.