ARF (APACHE)

Note: Information on this page applies to the APACHE II ARF dropdown only; for the diagnosis code of Acute Renal Failure see ARF (Diagnosis)

Coding Guideline

For critical care only: The ARF dropdown for APACHE defaults to "enter"; you won't be able to send unless you change it to one of the following:

Choose "yes" if the following conditions are met:

patient is in ICU/Critical Care
for 8 hrs consecutively in the first 24 hrs of admission:
- creatinine > 133 mmols and
- urine < 135 cc

Choose "no" if the pt

ARF (Acute Renal Failure) is one component used to generate the APACHE II score.

Specifically, double points are assigned for the Creatinine score if the patient has ARF . (see APACHE_Scoring_table#Physiological_Variables)