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Procedure Practice 05/15/00 - Feature Article 05/15/00
   

Procedure Practice 05/15/00:
Coding Recommendations

  

Listed below are the ICD-9-CM codes that we think apply to the case summaries listed on our Procedure Practice page. If you disagree with our suggestions or have other comments, please send an e-mail to codingedge@lagunamedsys.com.
   

Suggested Codes and Rationale
  

Case Summary 1:

Assign V56.0, Extracorporeal dialysis, as the reason for the patient's visit. The diabetic nephropathy is coded 250.41, Diabetes with renal manifestations, Type I, followed by the manifestation code 583.81, Nephritis and nephropathy, not specified as acute or chronic, in diseases classified elsewhere, and 585, Chronic renal failure. Assign 39.95 for the hemodialysis.
 

Case Summary 2:

The patient suffered acute renal failure as a complication of her delivery. Assign 669.34, Acute renal failure following labor and delivery, postpartum condition or complication.
 

Case Summary 3:

Assign 584.5, Acute renal failure with lesion of tubular necrosis, and 401.1, Essential hypertension, benign.
 

Case Summary 4:

Assign 403.01, Hypertensive renal disease, malignant, with renal failure.
 

Case Summary 5:

Assign 584.9, Acute renal failure, unspecified, and 403.91, Hypertensive renal disease, unspecified, with renal failure. Assign 39.95 for the dialysis treatment.

  
 

Procedure Practice 05/15/00 - Feature Article 05/15/00

Bibliography - References:
American Hospital Association Coding Clinic for ICD-9-CM: J-A 1984, S-O 1984, N-D 1985, J-F 1987, S-O 1987, 4th qtr. 1988, 3rd qtr. 1990, 3rd qtr. 1991, 2nd qtr. 1992, 4th qtr. 1992, 1st qtr. 1993, 4th qtr. 1993, 2nd qtr. 1995, 4th qtr. 1995, 3rd qtr. 1996, 2nd qtr. 1998, 3rd qtr. 1998, 4th qtr. 1998.
St. Anthony's Illustrated ICD-9-CM Code Book, St. Anthony Publishing, Reston, VA.		 Notice: This part of our web site was prepared to assist in understanding and maintaining good coding skills. For proper use of this feature, reference must be made to official coding guidelines when necessary. The information here presented is only to be used as a supplement to those guidelines. Laguna Medical Systems, Inc., makes no representations or guarantees as to amounts that will be paid by Medicare or other third party payers.

 

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