Z94.0: Kidney transplant status
In the past you had a kidney transplant.
When an organ is transplanted, a diseased or missing organ is replaced by a healthy one.
There are normally 2 kidneys in the body. They filter blood and create urine. They thus help to detoxify the body. Furthermore, the kidneys regulate the blood pressure and salt content in the blood, among other things.
If a kidney is transplanted, the healthy kidney comes from another person. The donor kidney is usually inserted in the lower abdomen. The old kidney usually stays in its original location in the body.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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