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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2019 Nov 4;20(3):641–652. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15625

Table 4b.

Liver transplant service line analysis and their corresponding International Classification of Disease- 10th Revision-Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) codes.

DEFINITIONS
Phase and Codes Data Location
Pre-Transplant/Evaluation Services
Liver Transplant Acquisition Salaries, benefits, Medical Director fees, operating costs Cost Center (CC) Organ Acquisition Center (OAC)
Exclude organ costs Organ costs are pulled out of OAC CC and added to inpatient care costs
Pre-Transplant Evaluation/Waitlist Management - Inpatient and Outpatient Revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts
Fiscal Year (FY) Evaluated patients list and waitlist patient names from Transplant Department electronic medical record (EMR)
All inpatients admitted by transplant hepatologists revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts/
Hepatologist IDs or names
Inpatient and Outpatient Hepatology list provided by the Transplant Department
Diagnosis codes
Exclude Surgeons and transplant cases
Pre-Transplant Management IP/OP (Hospitalists) Inpatient and Outpatient Hepatology list provided by the Transplant Department
All inpatients referred for admission and clinically managed by hepatologists but admitted by Hospitalists/internists Diagnosis codes
Exclude Surgeons and transplant cases
Total Pre-Transplant/Evaluation Services
Inpatient Phase Transplant Event
Liver Transplant episode (hospital transplant event) Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) 05 Liver Transplant with major complicating co-morbidities (MCC) and DRG 06 Liver transplant without MCC.
Transplant Patient List from Transplant EMR (EPIC Phoenix)
Inpatient Revenue Patient Accounts
Medicare Reimbursement Obtain revenue from Cost Report department
Organ costs Pull out organ costs from transplant dept CC or where organ costs are paid
Inpatient Care Direct Expenses Exclude entire organ acquisition charge on all recipient patient accounts as all expenses in organ costs or transplant department CC
Indirect Expenses Formula provided by finance/expense allocation
Inpatient Phase Kidney Liver Transplant Event
Liver Transplant episode (hospital transplant event) MS-DRG 05 Liver Transplant with MCC and DRG 06 Liver transplant without MCC.
Kidney Liver transplant episode MS-DRG 05 Liver Transplant with MCC
Transplant Patient List from transplant department EMR (EPIC Phoenix)
Inpatient Revenue Patient Accounts
Medicare Reimbursement Obtain revenue from Cost Report department
Organ costs Pull out organ costs from transplant department CC or where organ costs are paid
Inpatient Care Direct Expenses Exclude entire organ acquisition charge on all recipient patient accounts as all expenses in organ costs or transplant department CC
Indirect Expenses The formula provided by finance/expense allocation
Total Inpatient Phase/Transplant Event
Post-Transplant
Post-Transplant Outpatient Revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts
Post-Transplant Inpatient Revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts
FY Post transplant patient list from transplant dept. EMR
Diagnosis codes
T86.40 Unspecified complication of liver transplant
T86.41 Liver transplant rejection
T86.42 Liver transplant failure
T86.43 Liver transplant infection
T86.49 Other complications of liver transplant
Z09, Z48.298, Z48.23, Z94.4 Post liver Fu
Z94.4 Liver transplant status
Total Post Transplant
Downstream Liver Disease or Liver Transplant Management. Out or Inpatient and outpatient primary surgeon cases
Other system hospitals and facilities outpatient revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts
Outpatient Hepatology list provided by Transplant Department
Diagnosis codes
Include Surgeons and transplant cases
Other system hospitals inpatient and outpatient surgical cases performed by Transplant Surgeons Surgeon IDS assigned by the hospital or by name
Total Downstream
Transplant Surgeon non-Transplant Cases
Inpatient and Outpatient non transplant surgical cases revenue and direct and indirect expenses Patient Accounts
Surgeon IDS assigned by the hospital or by name
Exclude liver transplant inpatient and outpatient cases
Total Downstream
Liver Program Administration
All expenses are hitting transplant department CCs, including physician practice expenses. Global Contracting gain/loss distribution is also included CC marketing and Transplant Physician Practice subsidy expenses. Expense is written off monthly to CC. consists of the Global contracting gain/loss revenue
Total Liver Program Administration
Outpatient/Specialty Pharmacy Revenue
Medication Therapy Management Clinic Revenue and Direct Expenses related to Hepatitis C other Liver Disease Management Patients and Transplant Medications CCs
Salary and Drug Direct Expenses related to transplant hospital management referrals Transplant Surgeons, Transplant Hepatologists and Transplant ID ordering physicians
Total Outpatient/Specialty Pharmacy Revenue
Total Liver Transplant Service Line

Abbreviations: OAC= Organ Acquisition Cost Center; ICD-10-CM= International Classification of Disease- 10th Revision-Clinical Modification; CC = Cost center; FY = Fiscal year; K/L = Kidney / Liver; MS-DRG= Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group; HLA= Human Leukocyte Antigen; MCC = Major complicating co-morbidities.