AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1992 Fourth Quarter; New/Revised Codes

Hypertensive Renal Disease and Acute Renal Failure

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. Effective October 1, 1992, an excludes note has been added to category 403, Hypertensive renal disease, to indicate that acute renal failure (584.5-584.9) and renal disease stated as not due to hypertension, are excluded from this category. There has been some confusion and misunderstanding over the use of category 403, Hypertensive renal disease. This is particularly reflected in the interpretation of terms in the Tabular List at category 403 and the excludes note...

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