Medicare_Carriers_Manual / 2230 / 2230._TREATMENT_OF_END-_STAGE_RENAL_DISEASE.

Why This Topic Matters

ESRD care involves multiple treatment settings and modalities that are often referenced in Medicare coverage and billing policy. Understanding the manual’s terminology helps readers orient themselves to the service categories discussed in the larger policy framework.

Article Sections

1. End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)

   Defines the overall ESRD concept and frames the treatment context used throughout the article.

2. Dialysis

   Introduces dialysis as a treatment category and distinguishes the major renal dialysis approaches discussed in the article.

3. Maintenance Dialysis

   Describes ongoing dialysis treatment in the ESRD setting and addresses general frequency and medical necessity concepts.

4. Acute Dialysis

   Covers dialysis provided in temporary kidney failure situations that are not ESRD-related.

5. Self-Dialysis

   Discusses dialysis performed by the patient with limited professional assistance after training.

6. Back-Up Dialysis

   Addresses dialysis furnished in special circumstances outside the patient’s usual dialysis environment.

7. Inpatient Dialysis

   Describes dialysis furnished to an ESRD patient during a hospital inpatient stay.

8. Hemofiltration

   Summarizes hemofiltration as an alternative renal replacement technique and notes general treatment context and setting.

9. Hemoperfusion

   Covers hemoperfusion as a blood purification technique and places it in the broader ESRD treatment discussion.