AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 7 (July)

Arteriovenous Hemodialysis Access Codes (July 2005)

July 2005 pages 9-10 Coding Communication:Arteriovenous Hemodialysis Access Codes Approximately 300,000 patients in the United States have end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and require some form of hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Arteriovenous hemodialysis access is created either by using autogenous venous tissue or if adequate venous tissue is not available, a prosthetic graft. It is well-established that the autogenous access exhibits superior long-term patency compared with prosthetic grafts. Currently only 24% of all access procedures in the United States are performed using autogenous tissue, compared to 80% in Europe. Even in the United States, there is significant variation in...

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