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 15Click Expand to show legacy content.
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| Category/Organ System: |
Category: Renal (old) |
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Type: |
[[:Category: Medical Problem (old)]][[Category: Medical Problem (old)]] |
| Main Diagnosis: | CRF - Chronic Renal Failure |
| Sub Diagnosis: | None |
| Diagnosis Code: | Not a main DX code |
| Comorbid Diagnosis: | 35100 - CRF - Chronic Renal Failure |
| Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): | 2 |
| Program: | CC & Med |
| Status: | Currently Collected
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- 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 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.