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Kidney Transplant Eligibility Guide

The document summarizes the criteria for kidney transplant eligibility. The main causes of kidney failure are diseases like diabetes and hypertension. To qualify for a transplant, patients must undergo testing to ensure tissue compatibility and be free of infections. Additional factors like heart and liver function are also considered. Once eligible, patients wait 4-5 years on average for a donor kidney. Donor kidneys can come from living relatives or unrelated donors, or from deceased donors whose kidneys must be transplanted within 72 hours of removal.

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Kidney Transplant Eligibility Guide

The document summarizes the criteria for kidney transplant eligibility. The main causes of kidney failure are diseases like diabetes and hypertension. To qualify for a transplant, patients must undergo testing to ensure tissue compatibility and be free of infections. Additional factors like heart and liver function are also considered. Once eligible, patients wait 4-5 years on average for a donor kidney. Donor kidneys can come from living relatives or unrelated donors, or from deceased donors whose kidneys must be transplanted within 72 hours of removal.

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Kidney Transplant Criteria

Cassandra Booe
CPT Coding

Objectives

Understand the main causes of kidney failure that result in the need for a
transplant

Explain the criteria a patient must meet to be eligible for a kidney transplant

Explain the factors that can rule out kidney transplantation

Know the sources of donor kidneys

Main cause of kidney failure resulting in


the need for a kidney transplant

End-stage kidney disease caused by:

Diabetes

High blood pressure or hypertension

Renal artery stenosis

Polycystic kidney disease

Congenital problems in the development of the kidneys

Autoimmune diseases where the immune system fails to recognize the kidney as its
own and attacks it thinking it is a foreign object

Physical injury

Necessary criteria to qualify for kidney


transplant

Donated kidneys are given to patients based on match with the donor

Time spent on the waiting list

Many wait 4-5 years on the list before receiving kidneys

The patient will need to pass a series of tests to qualify such as:

Tissue and blood typing to make sure your body will not reject the donated kidney

Blood tests or skin tests to check for infections

Heart tests such as EKG, echocardiogram, or cardiac catheterization

Tests to look for early cancer

Your place on a waiting list is based on several factors:

They type of kidney problems you have

How severe your heart disease is, and

The likelihood that the transplant will be successful

Factors that can rule out kidney


transplant:

Certain infections, such as TB or bone infections

Problems taking medications several times a day for the rest of your life

Heart, lung, or liver disease

Other life threatening diseases

Recent history of cancer

Infections, such as hepatitis

Current behaviors such as smoking, alcohol or drug abuse, or other risky


lifestyle habits

Sources of donor kidneys

Living related donor related to the patient receiving the transplant

Living unrelated donor Ex: friend or spouse

Deceased donor a person who has recently died and who has no known
chronic kidney disease

A kidney from a diseased donor must be transplanted within 24 to 72 hours after


being removed from the body.

Works Cited

Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation. (2009). The interactive body organs


and tissues for transplant.
http://organtransplants.org/understanding/interactivebody/

Sobol, J. (2015). Kidney transplant.


https://
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003005.htm

Mandal, A. (2014). When is a kidney transplant needed?


http://
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