AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 September - October

Coding End-Stage Renal Disease

Note:As of October 1, 2005, the title for 585 was changed to Chronic Kidney Disease, and the code was expanded to the fourth-digit level. The following coding guidelines are given in answer to questions and comments about designation and sequencing of chronic renal failure (585). These coding guidelines are based on the advice of the World Health Organization's Center for ICD for North America (located in the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Public Health Service) and background information, with comments received from other ICD-9-CM advisers. Background Information for Coders End-stage renal disease is a complex syndrome characterized...

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