Paper on Kidney Biopsy Codes Published
BMC Nephrology has published a paper on coding practice in national and regional kidney biopsy registries.
The paper gives an overview of kidney biopsy registries, explores how kidney diseases are coded, and demonstrates the need to improve coding practice.
This is the first publication from the Kidney Biopsy Codes for pathologists project, which aims to provide a complete and structured list of terminology and codes applicable to kidney biopsies.