Living-donor liver transplantation

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on living donor liver transplantation in November 2006. In accordance with the Interventional Procedures Programme Process Guide, guidance on procedures with special arrangements are reviewed 3 years after publication and the procedure is reassessed if important new evidence is available.

The guidance was considered for reassessment in November 2009 and it was concluded that NICE will not be updating this guidance at this stage. However, if you believe there is new evidence which should warrant a review of our guidance, please contact us via the email address below.

Description

Many diseases can damage the liver. If damage is severe, a liver transplantation may be necessary. Living-donor liver transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with part of a healthy liver from a donor (usually a relative or spouse).

NICE Pathways

This guidance has been incorporated into the following NICE Pathways, along with other related guidance and products.

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OPCS4.6 Code(s):

For the donor:

X45.8 Other specified donation of organ

Z30.1 Liver

For the recipient:

J01.1 Orthotopic transplantation of liver NEC

Y99.2 Live related donor or Y99.3 Live unrelated donor

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

 

Details

Contact details:

Links:

	IPG194 Living-donor liver transplantation - guidance	22 November 2006
	IPG194 Living-donor liver transplantation - guidance (web format)	04 February 2011
	IPG194 Living transplants from living-donors - information for the public	22 November 2006
	IPG194 Living transplants from living donors - information for the public (Word version)	22 November 2006
	Living-donor liver transplantation: Consultation comments table and responses	22 November 2006
	Living-donor liver transplantation (interventional procedures consultation)	25 July 2006
	Living-donor liver transplantation (interventional procedures overview)	25 July 2006