AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2012 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Transplantation of Two Kidneys

A patient with end-stage renal disease received a unilateral transplant of two kidneys. The surgeon described it as a two-pack kidney transplant from a donor after cardiac death (DCD). Both donor kidneys were prepared and transplanted to the right iliac fossa of the recipient. Although this is not a bilateral procedure, should code 55.69, Other kidney transplantation, be reported twice to reflect the transplant of two kidneys? ...

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