AMA CPT® Assistant - 2002 Issue 5 (May)

Reporting End Stage Renal Disease Services Codes (May 2002)

May 2002 page 17 Coding Brief Reporting End Stage Renal Disease Services Codes When reporting CPT codes 90918-90921, it is important to note that these codes describe the provision of outpatient End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) related services provided for an entire month, which includes the hemodialysis procedure performed during the dialyzing cycle prescribed for that patient. What is key is that a single code is reported to describe the outpatient ESRD related services provided for the entire month. However, if less than a full month of outpatient ESRD related services are rendered, then a code from the 90922-90925...

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