AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2002 Third Quarter

Acute Renal Failure Due to Rhabdomyolysis

Note: As of October 1, 2003, the code for rhabdomyolysis is 728.88 On reassessment of advice published in Coding Clinic, Second Quarter 2001, based on the documentation for acute renal failure secondary to rhabdomyolysis, the acute renal failure was the more significant problem, which led to the admission. The reason for the admission was for management of acute renal failure. Assign code 584.9, Acute renal failure, unspecified, as the principal diagnosis. Code 728.89, Other disorders of muscle, ligament, and fascia, Other, should be assigned as an additional diagnosis for the rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is a condition that...

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