AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2014 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Emergency dialysis treatment for ESRD patient

Can G0257, Unscheduled or emergency dialysis treatment for an ESRD patient in a hospital outpatient department that is not a certified ESRD facility, be used for peritoneal dialysis? If not would 90945, Dialysis procedure other than hemodialysis (e.g., peritoneal dialysis, hemofiltration, or other continuous renal replacement therapies), with single evaluation by a physician or other qualified health care professional, be a better code to use? ...

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