Q&A: Seeing oliguric and non-oliguric renal failure in documentation

Article Overview

This short educational Q&A discusses documentation language used for acute kidney injury and renal failure, focusing on urine-output terminology and how clinicians may describe the condition in different ways. It is intended for coding professionals, CDI staff, and others reviewing nephrology documentation who want to understand the general documentation context and whether the wording changes code selection. The piece also includes an editor’s note identifying the source expert and the broader coding education setting in which the question was answered.