Left kidney

Ren sinister

Urinary Left FMA:7205 SCTID 18639004 5 codes

Retroperitoneal excretory organ, sitting slightly higher than the right kidney.

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Neoplasm (1)

C64.2 Billable

Malignant neoplasm of left kidney, except renal pelvis

Malignant tumor of kidney · SCTID 254915003

Coding advice: Renal pelvis malignancy classifies separately to C65.2 - check the pathology site.

Inflammatory / Infection (1)

N20.0 Billable

Calculus of kidney

Calculus of kidney · SCTID 111387008

Coding advice: N20.0 is not lateralised in ICD-10. Laterality is captured on the intervention code and, where required, on the encounter record.

Trauma (1)

S37.002A Billable

Unspecified injury of left kidney, initial encounter

Injury of kidney · SCTID 125605004

Coding advice: Chapter XIX special group. Add an external cause code and a place-of-occurrence code where the jurisdiction mandates it.

Degenerative / Other (2)

N18.9 Billable

Chronic kidney disease, unspecified

Chronic kidney disease · SCTID 236435004

Coding advice: See the Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease standard - assign the staged code (N18.1-N18.5) when the stage or eGFR is documented.
N18.5 Billable

Chronic kidney disease, stage 5

Chronic kidney disease · SCTID 236435004

Scaffold crosswalk. Scaffold crosswalk. Validate against a licensed FMA release, a SNOMED CT release and the current NLM complex map refset before clinical or billing use.