Renal Coding Considerations (old)

There are a few restrictions about which renal diagnoses can be coded together. These checks are currently done partly by Pagasa (!_Automated_Data_Integrity_Checks#CRF_vs_ARF) and have been partly implemented in CCMDB.mdb.

CRF vs transplant

Wonder if this should really go here, but needed it out of "!automated checks" `Just a comment about CRF 351, When pt receiving a Renal Transplant 361,who then has complications and requires dialysis, they can have 350, 352 and 364, which is related to their new donor kidney.--FLindell 08:36, 25 November 2008 (CST)

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These rules are currently checked at the main office and result in calls for clarification from Pagasa if broken. Some of them have been added to CCMDB.mdb, more are to follow.

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see Check Renal IncompatibleDxs

• If no Renal Transplant (80504 or 80505) in either Dxs or Comos then
  • If comorbid CRF (351-00) exists then the following must not appear in Admit/Acquired codes
    • ARI (364-00)
    • ATN (352-00)
    • ARF (Diagnosis) (350 **)

Diagnoses, Comos vs. Tasks, locations

• see Check_Renal_Tasks

Apache vs. CRF comorbid

• see Check ApARF CRF.

Apache vs. ARF Dx

cross-checks impossible due to different definitions, see ARF (Diagnosis) and ARF (APACHE)

ARF transfer considerations

• When a pt starts out in a community hospital and is given a diagnosis of ARF by the doctors, please do not code ARF unless dialysis is started there. Code ATN or ARI instead. If the pt is transferred to another center to start dialysis, the collector there will code ARF. When a pt with ARF from a tertiary hospital is transferred to a community hospital and no dialysis is needed there, the data collectors at the community hospital should not be coding ARF because the renal failure is resolving. They can code ARI. This is my understanding. Trish please let me know if this is the way you also see it. I believe the above information for integrity checks is wrong. --LKolesar 13:41, 20 July 2011 (CDT)

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• Check CRF/ARF against TISS Dialysis

Related Articles

see Category:Renal Problem for other renal problems