icd 9 code for end stage renal disease

Is end stage kidney failure considered a terminal illness?

2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 585.6 End stage renal disease 2015 Billable Thru Sept 30/2015 Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015 ICD-9-CM 585.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 585.6 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.

What is the prognosis for renal failure?

End Stage Renal Disease ICD 9 Code Billable Medical Code for End Stage Renal Disease Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 585.6 Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 585.6. Known As

Is end stage kidney disease curable?

ICD-9 Code 585.6 End stage renal disease. ICD-9 Index; Chapter: 580–629; Section: 580-589; Block: 585 Chronic renal failure; 585.6 - End stage renal disease

What are the kidney failure stages of death?

End stage renal disease ICD-9-CM 585.6 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 585.6 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).

What does "with" mean in a code?

With - The word "with" should be interpreted to mean "associated with" or "due to" when it appears in a code title, the Alphabetic Index, or an instructional note in the Tabular List.

What does excludes2 mean?

An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.

What is the 7th character in a code?

The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

Not Valid for Submission

403.01 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hypertensive chronic kidney disease, malignant, with chronic kidney disease stage v or end stage renal disease. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Information for Patients

You have two kidneys, each about the size of your fist. Their main job is to filter wastes and excess water out of your blood to make urine. They also keep the body's chemical balance, help control blood pressure, and make hormones.

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions#N#The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.