Wiki Pre-transplant screening visit for kidney

[Love Coding!]

Good morning,

I am having a hard time finding an ICD-9 code to depict a follow up office visit to discuss prescreening for a renal transplant. Does anyone know if there is such a code that you may have heard of or worked with. My experience in this area is a little green. If I am not coming across very clear, I can elaborate more if I need to.

Thank you!

 

[CC5657]

Is this prescreening for a kidney donor or the recipient? We prescreen donors in our office & use V59.4

 

[Love Coding!]

Is this prescreening for a kidney donor or the recipient? We prescreen donors in our office & use V59.4

Hi CC5657,

The recipient, what ICD-9 codes, V codes would be considered? I found, V72.83, V72.63 and V49.83...any ICD-9 codes come to mind? Maybe ESRD..don't know what others to use to support the type of visit...

Thank you so much for responding!

 

[CC5657]

Hi CC5657,

The recipient, what ICD-9 codes, V codes would be considered? I found, V72.83, V72.63 and V49.83...any ICD-9 codes come to mind? Maybe ESRD..don't know what others to use to support the type of visit...

Thank you so much for responding!

Our patients are usually sent to the Transplant Dept. for the prescreening process. So, we never had to code for prescreening. That said, I would definately code the stage of CKD, the manifestation, and the V49.83 sounds like the best fit for a transplant screening. Hope that helps!??

 

[KJGruberMCW]

Can you tell me what CPT codes you are using for these visits? Are they consults?