Research Article
Utilization Patterns of IV Iron and Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Anemic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Multihospital Study
Table 1
Diagnoses codes (ICD-9-CM) and procedure codes used to identify Chronic Kidney Disease patients (inclusion criteria).
| Diagnoses and procedure codes for inclusion criteria |
| Diagnoses codes | |
| Description | ICD-9-CM Codes |
| Chronic renal failure | 585.1–585.6, 585.9 | Renal failure, unspecified | 586 | Renal sclerosis, unspecified | 587 | Hypertensive renal disease | 403.00–403.9 | Hypertensive heart and renal disease | 404.00–404.9 | Nephrotic syndrome | 581.0–581.9 | Chronic glomerulonephritis | 582.0–582.9 | Nephritis (NOS as acute or chronic) | 583.0–583.9 | Chronic pyelonephritis (without lesion of renal medullary necrosis) | 590.00 | Chronic pyelonephritis (with lesion of renal medullary necrosis) | 590.01 | Renal dialysis status | V45.1 | Fitting or adjustment to dialysis catheter | V56.1-V56.2 | Adequacy testing for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis | V56.3, V56.31, V56.32 | Encounter for dialysis and dialysis catheter care | V56.0, V56.8 | Anemia of Chronic kidney disease | 285.21 |
| Procedure codes | |
| Hemodialysis | 39.95 | Peritoneal dialysis | 54.98 |
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