AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 First Quarter

Clarification

Note:As of October 1, 2005, code 276.5 has been expanded to the fifth digit level to differentiate volume depletion, dehydration and hypovolemia. There are some issues with regard to the question in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2002, page 21, on acute renal failure due to dehydration, where the only treatment is IV hydration, and BUN and creatinine return to normal. The answer contains the final sentence, "The fact that renal function was not investigated or worked up does not affect code assignment." This was misleading, in that the renal function in fact would be followed based on...

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