Medicare Benefit Policy Manual (Pub. 100-02), Ch. 11 § 100.1
Definition of AKI
100.1 Definition of AKI
(Rev. 240, Issued: 01-19-18, Effective: 01-01-17, Implementation: 02- 20-18)
Section 1834(r)(2) of the Act defines “individual with acute kidney injury'' to mean an
individual who has acute loss of renal function and does not receive renal dialysis
services for which payment is made under section 1881(b)(14) of the Act.