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Hello,
I have a physician that documented, "Patients' chronic kidney disease is secondary to a combination of loss of renal mass secondary to nephrectomy."
He is billing for 753.0 which is a congenital absence of the kidney. I don't believe that is right. I did look into the ICD-9 book but could not find a code to better fit the situation.
Any ideas out there???
Thank you!
GeminiCoder74
I have a physician that documented, "Patients' chronic kidney disease is secondary to a combination of loss of renal mass secondary to nephrectomy."
He is billing for 753.0 which is a congenital absence of the kidney. I don't believe that is right. I did look into the ICD-9 book but could not find a code to better fit the situation.
Any ideas out there???
Thank you!
GeminiCoder74