AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2025 Issue 4; ICD-10-PCS New/Revised Codes Section 6—Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies

Intraoperative Donor Organ Protection in Renal Transplantation

In table 6A4, Hypothermia of Physiological Systems, body system value T Urinary System, sixth-character qualifier value 0 Donor Organ Protective Thermal Insulation, and seventh-character qualifier value A Intraoperative, were added to duration value 0 Single. These additions enables reporting the use of a protective insulation device on a donor kidney graft during renal transplantation.Body System Duration Qualifier Qualifier T Urinary System 0 Single 0 Donor Organ Protective Thermal Insulation A Intraoperative For example, the Kidney Protective Jacket is a sterile portable receptacle that provides hypothermic conditions to the donor kidney. The jacket reduces thermal injury during surgery that...

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