Sometimes, but usually a biopsy is not necessary to determine best treatments for CKD
50200
Arcuate Artery
The microscopic, functional unit of the kidney and the site of urine-production is the Nephron.
nephron, each kidney has atleast 1 million
say if someone needed a kidney transplant someone would give a kidney that they dont need and it would be helping someoneA kidney transplant... is the removal of a kidney from a healthy donor - to replace a diseased kidney in a poorly patient.
CPT 50200 for renal biopsy and add 77012 for the CT guidance
It simply means the kidney surface or cortex appeared abnormal - you will need a kidney biopsy to see what this actually means.
Casts
Use CPT 50200 for needle biopsy of the kidney and CPT 77012 for the computed tomography.
Glomerulus- tiny ball of capillaries(microscopic blood vessels) in the kidney.
Nephron