CRF - Chronic Renal Failure: Difference between revisions
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* A patient who has been receiving outpatient dialysis treatments ''' | * A patient who has been receiving outpatient dialysis treatments '''recently''' prior to hospitalization is considered to be in CRF. | ||
* A patient who is '''not currently''' in a dialysis treatment program should '''not''' be considered to be in CRF. | * A patient who is '''not currently''' in 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 | * A patient with an intact kidney transplant who is not being dialyzed should '''not''' be coded as CRF | ||