Description | ICD-9-CM code |
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Diabetes mellitus without mention of complications | 250.0x |
Diabetes with ketoacidosis | 250.1x |
Diabetes with hyperosmolarity | 250.2x |
Diabetes with other coma | 250.3x |
However, some patients who are already hospitalized may need a dialysis catheter. When insertion is performed as an inpatient the ICD-10-PCS code set is used to report the procedure provide in this care setting. The ICD-10-PCS procedure code depends on several factors, including non-tunneled (acute, short term use) or tunneled (chronic, long-term use), and the anatomic site where the internal tip of the dialysis catheter rests.
The code depends on the type of imaging used. If both ultrasound guidance and fluoroscopic guidance are performed, both 76937 and 77001 can be assigned together with the dialysis catheter code.
Medtronic produces a variety of catheters used to perform hemodialysis in patients with renal failure. These catheters are Central Venous Access Catheters , intended to be inserted via a central vein – typically, the jugular, subclavian, brachiocephalic, or femoral veins. Once inserted, the internal tip of the catheter is advanced into the superior or inferior vena cava or into the right atrium of the heart. To be used for hemodialysis, the catheters have two lumens with two caps that hang outside the body. All Medtronic dialysis catheters are centrally inserted. CPT™*1 also provides codes for peripherally inserted catheters (PICC). These codes are not addressed within the guide.
The peritoneal dialysis catheter may be removed during a replacement or when the patient no longer requires peritoneal dialysis, for example, if the patient switches to hemodialysis or undergoes a kidney transplant. There is no procedure code for removal of a non-tunneled central venous catheter, e.g., removal by pull after the sutures are removed. For physicians and hospital clinics, an evaluation and management (E/M) office or other outpatient visit code can be billed as appropriate for the visit during which the removal took place. Removal of tunneled catheters, however, requires surgical dissection to release the catheter.
Replacement of a peritoneal catheter uses the same code as insertion of a peritoneal catheter to capture placement of the new catheter. Removal of the old catheter is not coded separately when the new catheter is inserted by laparoscopic or open approach at the same site. However, removal of the old catheter may be coded separately when the new catheter is inserted percutaneously.
Medtronic Argyle™catheters are used for peritoneal dialysis in patients with renal failure. In a surgical procedure performed in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center, the inner tip of the catheter is inserted within the patient’s peritoneal cavity. A portion of the catheter is then tunneled subcutaneously along the patient’s abdominal wall and the other end of the catheter exits through the skin. The catheter can then be connected externally to dialysate fluid which is introduced into the abdomen and later flushed out. The peritoneum itself acts as a filtration membrane, removing waste products that the kidneys can no longer filter out.
separate CPT™* code is assigned if an extension is also placed during the same procedure to supplement the subcutaneously tunneled portion of the catheter. As an add-on code (+), this code cannot be assigned by itself but must always be assigned with either 49324 or 49421.
Codes 49400 and 74190 are used together for injection of contrast material into the peritoneal cavity through the dialysis catheter with an evaluation of the images obtained.
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