Kidney, renal tubular acidosis (RTA, all types)
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ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Kidney, renal tubular acidosis (RTA, all types) |
ICD10 code: | N25.8 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Other Renal Problems |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | Renal disease |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | 2019-0: Renal/Metabolic NOS, 2019-0: Metabolic/Renal NOS |
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Additional Info
- RTA refers to a category of renal conditions where there is a metabolic acidosis due to an inability of the kidneys to excrete hydrogen ion (acid) IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ADEQUATE GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE (GFR), as usually indicated by the serum creatinine.
- The major implication of this is that you should not call it an RTA if the acidosis is due to "bad enough" renal failure to cause the acidosis
- But the question is, "How high does the creatinine need to be to say that the metabolic acidosis is due to renal insufficiency/failure?"
- We know the answer for chronic renal insufficiency/failure, where we know that you don't get clinical acidemia until the serum creatinine drifts above 350 or so (Archives of Internal Medicine 139:1099-1102, 1979)
- For acute renal failure/AKI we don't really know this, but it's probably lower than the 350 value for serum creatinine. Operationally though, since RTAs are NOT acute conditions, it's best NOT to code an RTA in someone with AKI, no matter what their creatinine is, unless there was a pre-existing diagnosis of it in the absence of the degree of chronic renal dysfunction as indicated above.
- Several different types of RTA exist, which all have different syndromes and different causes. Type 1: distal RTA, Type 2: proximal RTA, Type 4 RTA: absolute hypoaldosteronism or aldosterone insensitivity
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA)
- Acidosis, NOS
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Kidney, renal tubular disorder, NOS
- Kidney, acute tubular necrosis (ATN)
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