AMA CPT® Assistant - 1996 Issue 5 (May)

Dialysis Codes Update: End Stage Renal Disease Services (May 1996)

May 1996 page 4 Coding Communication Dialysis Codes Update: End Stage Renal Disease Services The Fall 1993 issue of the CPT Assistant discussed the codes used to report dialysis procedures and the physician's services related to these procedures. To accurately reflect the entire spectrum of services related to end stage renal disease (ESRD) currently provided, three new codes have been established and the existing code for reporting ESRD-related services rendered on a daily (or less than a full month) basis has been revised in CPT 1996. Minor revisions also were made to the existing codes for ESRD-related services provided...

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