Acute kidney failure with other specified pathological lesion in kidney (584.8)
ICD-9 code 584.8 for Acute kidney failure with other specified pathological lesion in kidney 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:
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I need help coding below. How should I code these? I am so confused.:confused:
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[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 ]
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