AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Acute Kidney Injury

The patient is 56-year-old female who was admitted for evaluation of chronic dysarthria. The physician noted that her clinical laboratory findings for sodium and creatinine were elevated. After additional workup, the physician diagnosed acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to volume depletion. Code 866.00, Injury to kidney, without mention of open wound into cavity, does not seem right since there was no documentation in the record of a traumatic injury to the kidney. How should AKI be coded? ...

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