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.
Default
XX.8
Metadata
SSDI
| Code |
Description |
| 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 |
