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    Wiki Kidney Health Eval for Patients - Ethnicity related question

    Hello, Is anyone familiar with including a code relating to ethnicity for the eGFR lab? This would be for kidney evaluation using the blood and urine for diabetic patient screenings. If anyone is familiar with this especially as it relates to the HEDIS 2022 updates for ethnicity/race factors...
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    Wiki ? code for Renal CT/CT of kidneys

    Looking for a code for a 3-phase renal CT/CT of kidneys, but there seems to be no specific code for this -- does anyone know -- would it fall under CT of abdomen?
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    Wiki Kidney/Renal Coding

    Hi, all. I'm looking for a list of codes that indicate kidney/renal conditions. Does anyone have a list or know where I might find one? In the perfect world I'm looking for 3 categories of codes: - patient has ESRD - patient HAD ESRD (usually result of successful transplant) - patient is...
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    Wiki semantics: kidney vs. renal

    Having taught medical terminology in the college setting, I personally consider the words "kidney" & "renal" to be synonymous. Most of my daily work is HCC related. Physicians are constantly documenting code 585.x as: "renal stage X" "renal insufficiency X" "CRD" "CRF" My fellow auditor & I...
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