Wiki ICD-9 for s/p partial nephrectomy

[sullivak]

I have an unusual question. If a patient has had a partial nephrectomy, can V45.73 Acquired abscence of kidney be coded? Does the whole kidney have to be "absent"?
Thanks,

 

[srinivas r sajja]

if you go to absence- it says (organ or part ) (complete or partial)

 

[sullivak]

Thanks!