HCPro, JustCoding Inpatient - 2015 Issue 28 (July)

Focus on criteria for acute renal failure

July 29th, 2015

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decrease in kidney function that is reversible within three months of loss of function. Garry L. Huff, MD, CCS, CCDS, and Kim Yelton, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, review the clinical definition of AKI and coding for both ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM.

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