Kidney Recipient Admitted for Transplant Evaluation

140.6 - Kidney Recipient Admitted for Transplant Evaluation (Rev. 13599, Issued: 01-30-26, Effective: 05-01-26, Implementation: 05-01-26) A3-3178.6, RDF-233, RDF-233.2 When a potential kidney recipient is admitted to a hospital (before admission for the actual transplant) solely for a medical evaluation for an anticipated kidney transplant, all hospital and physicians’ services costs applicable to the anticipated transplant are considered kidney acquisition costs.