Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15 |
ICD10 code: | N18.5 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Renal Insufficiency-moderate (Cr greater than 240), CRF - Chronic Renal Failure |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Renal disease |
APACHE Como Component: | Renal |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Metabolic/Renal NOS, 2019-0: Renal/Metabolic NOS |
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Additional Info
See Renal Coding Considerations for ICD10#About Coding Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Definition
- This stage is defined by having chronic renal insufficiency/disease with: being on chronic dialysis (of any type) OR GFR<15 mL/min.
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- It requires age, sex, race (black vs. white) and creatinine:
- Unless you know otherwise, use "white" race as default
- Use the most recent, stable, PRE-HOSPITAL creatinine value available
- When no creatinine clearance is listed, but the patient is a known dialysis patient then code Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15
- For all other CKD patients, i.e. those in whom we cannot easily identify the Stage, we’ll use Chronic kidney/renal disease, NOS (stage unspecified).
- Usually, it'll be identified by being on chronic dialysis
- For ESRD on chronic HD, also code Renal dialysis care, including dialysis itself in comorbs.
- For ESRD not yet on HD, code HD in CCI's (acquired) if done in your unit for the first time.
- For patients who missed their dialysis tx and are admitted to ICU for urgent HD, code the following way:
- Chronic kidney disease (end-stage kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5 in comorbs.
- Renal dialysis care, including dialysis itself in comorbs.
- Hemodialysis (intermittent) from CCI picklist, as acquired, if they were dialyzed in your unit.
- Medical noncompliance in admit codes.
- Any other diagnosis that resulted in the ICU admission, in admit codes. Ex. Hyperkalemia, CHF, etc.
Related to Acute renal failure codes
- This code should never be accompanied by any of the codes representing acute renal failure/insufficiency:
Should this dx be used in the Concept:Acute renal failure or not? That concept is referenced repeatedly and we should be consistent about it. |
Kidney transplant vs ESRD
- If the patient has a Past history, transplanted kidney, do not also code the Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15 that occurred in the native kidneys, which was the reason for the transplant because having had ESRD is implied in having had a kidney transplant.
- Exception: If the transplanted kidney has completely failed (e.g. the patient is back on dialysis), then do also code: Chronic kidney disease (end-stage renal/kidney disease, ESRD), Stage 5, GFR LT 15, because now it applies to the transplanted kidney. Also code Kidney transplant, failure or rejection or unspecified complication.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
Renal failure codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Code the cause, if known.
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