Research Article

Utilization Patterns of IV Iron and Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Anemic Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: A Multihospital Study

Table 2

Diagnoses codes (ICD-9-CM) and procedure codes used to identify Chronic Kidney Disease patients (exclusion criteria).

          Diagnoses and procedure codes for exclusion criteria

Diagnoses codes

DescriptionICD-9-CM Codes

 Neoplasms 140.00–239.00
 Blood transfusionV58.2
 Kidney/other organ transplant 996.8, E878.0, V42
 Gastrointestinal bleeding569.3, 578.9, 626, 627
  HIV/AIDS 042, V08, 795.71

Procedure codes

 Chemotherapy00.10, 99.85, 99.25, 92.28, 99.28
 Radiation therapy 14.26, 92.41, 92.25, 92.21, 92.22, 0.18, 14.27, 92.26
 Blood transfusion99.03, 38.92, 38.94, 99.02
 Kidney/organ transplant00.91–00.93
 Gastrointestinal bleeding 44.43, 44.44