Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value
Notes
**Note 1:** Physician statement of Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value can be used to code this data item when no other information is available. **Note 2:** Record the lab value of the highest Creatinine test result documented in the medical record **prior to treatment**. The lab value may be recorded in a lab report, history and physical, or clinical statement in the pathology report. **Note 3:** Record the blood or serum creatinine value for this data item. Do not use urine results to code this data item. **Note 4:** The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) is a numerical scale used to determine how urgently a patient with liver disease needs a liver transplant within the next three months. Results from three routine lab tests are used to calculate the MELD score. Creatinine, one of the tests, measures kidney function; impaired kidney function is often associated with severe liver disease. **Note 5:** The same laboratory test should be used to record information in 3825: Creatinine Pretreatment Unit of Measure.Code | Description |
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0.0 | 0.0 milligram/deciliter (mg/dl) 0.0 micromole/liter (umol/L) |
0.1-99.9 | 0.1-99.9 milligram/deciliter (mg/dl) 0.1-99.9 micromole/liter (umol/L) (Exact value to nearest tenth of mg/dl or umol/L) |
XX.1 | 100 mg/dl or greater 100 umol/L or greater |
XX.7 | Test ordered, results not in chart |
XX.8 | Not applicable: Information not collected for this case (If this item is required by your standard setter, use of code XX.8 will result in an edit error.) |
XX.9 | Not documented in medical record Creatinine Pretreatment Lab Value not assessed or unknown if assessed |