ICD-9 code 584 for Acute renal failure is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME, AND NEPHROSIS (580-589).
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Hi Rebecca,
Thank you for posting this question. Procedure 82044 is a urine specimen so I may have a little information on this to provide insight for proper procedural coding. First I reviewed my C... [ Read More ]
Both diagnosis codes should be coded.
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Coding Clinic 3rd Q 02[/I]
Question:
Acute Renal Failure Due to Dehydration
Question: A patient is admitted with acute renal failure (ARF) due to sever... [ Read More ]
For #1 you will code the acute renal failure with a 584 code, with nothing else documented use 584.9 and the HTN as 401.9
#2 it is 403.90 with 585.9... [ Read More ]
Hello everybody,
I need help coding below. How should I code these? I am so confused.:confused:
1) Acute renal failure with hypertension
This is "Acute", so I can't use hypertensive chronic kidney d... [ Read More ]
[b]Coding Clinic Re: Acute Kidney Injury[/b]
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There is a coding clinic that address this, CC 3Q 2011 pg 16. And it says 584.9 IS appropriate. In my encoder, Trucode, under 584.9 Acute Kidney Fa... [ Read More ]
Category: Internal Injury of Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis
866 Injury To Kidney
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 866:
0 unspecified injury
1 hematoma without ru... [ Read More ]
hypertension with acute renal failure is not a 403 code it is a 401.9 with the 584.9, the excludes note means that you cannot code the 403 with the 584.9. to state that the HTN is the causal conditio... [ Read More ]
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