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Z99.2 VS Z49.01

Date: Dec 3, 2021

Question:

Patient is on hemodialysis via a tunneled dialysis catheter. They come in for mapping for future fistula creation. Would you code Z49.01 or Z99.2 to capture that the patient is on dialysis?

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