CMS-2746 ESRD Death Notification Form

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORM APPROVED

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES OMB No. 0938-0448

	ESRD DEATH NOTIFICATION END STAGE RENAL DISEASE MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
	1. Name (Last, First, Middle Initial)
	2. Medicare Number 3. Social Security Number 4. Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)
	5. Sex on Original Birth Certificate 6. Gender Identity ☐ Male ☐ Female ☐ Male ☐ Female ☐Transgender male ☐Transgender Female ☐ None of These		7. Patient State of Residence
			8. Date of Death
	9. Place of Death ☐ Hospital ☐ Dialysis Facility ☐ Home ☐ Nursing Home ☐ Other ☐ Unknown	10. Modality at the Time of Death ☐ Incenter Hemodialysis ☐ Home Hemodialysis ☐ CAPD ☐ CCPD ☐ Transplant ☐ Other
	11. Name of Dialysis Facility/Transplant Center	12. Medicare Provider Number (for item 11)
	13. Address of Dialysis Facility/Transplant Center (Street Address, City, State, Zip Code)
	14. Causes of Death (enter codes from list on form) Primary Cause of Death _______ Secondary Cause of Death _______ _______ _______ _______ ☐ No Secondary If Cause of Death is Other (98) specify here _________________________________________
	15. Renal replacement therapy discontinued prior to death: 16. Was discontinuation of renal replacement therapy after ☐ Yes ☐ No If yes, check one of the following: patient/family request to stop dialysis? ☐ Following HD and/or ☐ Following transplant failure ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Unknown ☐ Not Applicable PD access failure ☐ Yes, Related to Hospice Care ☐ Following chronic ☐ Following acute medical failure to thrive complication ☐ Other Date of last dialysis treatment (mm/dd /yyyy)
	17. Did the patient ever receive a transplant: 18. Was patient receiving Palliative Care/Hospice care prior to death? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Both ☐ Neither ☐ Unknown ☒ Yes ☐ No ☐ Unknown If Yes, date of most recent transplant (mm/dd/yyyy) Type of transplant received ☐ Living Related ☐ Living Unrelated ☐ Deceased ☐Unknown Was transplant graft functioning (patient not on dialysis) at time of death? ☐Yes ☐ No ☐ Unknown Did transplant patient resume chronic maintenance dialysis prior to death? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Unknown Did the transplant patient experience a short-term course (acute) of dialysis prior to death? ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Unknown
19. Name of Attending Physician (Print Complete Name)		20. Signature of Person Completing Form		21 Date
The collection of this information is authorized by Section 226A of the Social Security Act. The information provided will be used to determine if an individual is entitled to Medicare under the End Stage Renal Disease provisions of the law. The information will be maintained in system No. 09-700520, “End Stage Renal Disease Program Management and Medical Information System (ESRD PMMIS)”, published in the Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 116, June 17, 2002, pages 41244-41250 or as updated and republished. Collection of your Social Security number is authorized by Executive Order 9397. Furnishing the information on this form is voluntary, but failure to do so may result in denial of Medicare benefits. Information from the ESRD PMMIS may be given to a congressional office in response to an inquiry from the congressional office made at the request of the individual; an individual or organization for research, demonstration, evaluation, or epidemiologic project related to the prevention of disease or disability, or the restoration or maintenance of health. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0938-0448 (Expires XX/XX/XXXX). This is a mandatory to obtain a benefit ESRD Medicare information collection. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: CMS, 7500 Security Boulevard, Attn: PRA Reports Clearance Officer, Mail Stop C4-26-05, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850. ****CMS Disclosure**** Please do not send applications, claims, payments, medical records or any documents containing sensitive information to the PRA Reports Clearance Office. Please note that any correspondence not pertaining to the information collection burden approved under the associated OMB control number listed on this form will not be reviewed, forwarded, or retained. If you have questions or concerns regarding where to submit your documents, please contact Lisa Rees.

ESRD DEATH NOTIFICATION FORM LIST OF CAUSES

CARDIAC

23 Myocardial infarction, acute

25 Pericarditis, incl. Cardiac tamponade

26 Atherosclerotic heart disease

27 Cardiomyopathy

28 Cardiac arrhythmia

29 Cardiac arrest, cause unknown

30 Valvular heart disease

31 Pulmonary edema due to exogenous fluid

32 Congestive Heart Failure

VASCULAR

35 Pulmonary embolus

36 Cerebrovascular accident including

intracranial hemorrhage

37 Ischemic brain damage/Anoxic encephalopathy

38 Hemorrhage from transplant site

39 Hemorrhage from vascular access

40 Hemorrhage from dialysis circuit

41 Hemorrhage from ruptured vascular aneurysm

42 Hemorrhage from surgery (not 38, 39, or 41)

43 Other hemorrhage (not 38-42, 72)

44 Mesenteric infarction/ischemic bowel

INFECTION

33 Septicemia due to internal vascular access

34 Septicemia due to vascular access catheter

45 Peritoneal access infectious complication, bacterial

46 Peritoneal access infectious complication, fungal

47 Peritonitis (complication of peritoneal dialysis)

48 Central nervous system infection (brain abscess, meningitis, encephalitis, etc.)

51 Septicemia due to peripheral vascular disease,

gangrene

52 Septicemia, other

61 Cardiac infection (endocarditis)

62 Pulmonary infection (pneumonia, influenza)

63 Abdominal infection (peritonitis (not comp of PD), perforated bowel, diverticular disease, gallbladder)

70 Genito-urinary infection (urinary tract infection,

pyelonephritis, renal abscess)

LIVER DISEASE

64 Hepatitis B

71 Hepatitis C

65 Other viral hepatitis

66 Liver-drug toxicity

67 Cirrhosis

68 Polycystic liver disease

69 Liver failure, cause unknown or other

GASTRO-INTESTINAL

72 Gastro-intestinal hemorrhage

73 Pancreatitis

75 Perforation of peptic ulcer

76 Perforation of bowel (not 75)

METABOLIC

24 Hyperkalemia

77 Hypokalemia

78 Hypernatremia

79 Hyponatremia

100 Hypoglycemia

101 Hyperglycemia

102 Diabetic coma

95 Acidosis

ENDOCRINE

96 Adrenal insuffciency

97 Hypothyroidism

103 Hyperthyroidism

OTHER

80 Bone marrow depression

81 Cachexia/failure to thrive

82 Malignant disease, patient ever on

Immunosuppressive therapy

83 Malignant disease (not 82)

84 Dementia, incl. dialysis dementia, Alzheimer’s

85 Seizures

87 Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD)

88 Complications of surgery

89 Air embolism

104 Withdrawal from dialysis/uremia

90 Accident related to treatment

91 Accident unrelated to treatment

92 Suicide

93 Drug overdose (street drugs)

94 Drug overdose (not 92 or 93)

98 Other cause of death

99 Covid-19

100 Severe Adverse Medication Reaction

101 Unknown

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING OF ESRD DEATH NOTIFICATION: CMS-2746-U2

2. Enter the patient’s legal name (Last, first, middle initial). Name should appear exactly the same as it appears on patient’s social security or Medicare card.

3. If the patient is covered by Medicare, enter his/her/their Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (Medicare Number) as it appears on his/her/their Medicare card.

4. Enter the Social Security Number as it appears on his/her/their Social Security Card.

5. Enter patient’s date of birth (2-digit Month, Day, and 4-digit Year). Example 07/25/1950.

6. Check the appropriate block to identify sex at birth.

7. Check the appropriate block to indicate the gender the patient identifies as.

8. Enter the two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for State in the space provided for the patient’s state of residence; e.g., MD for Maryland, NY for New York.

9. Enter patient’s date of death (2-digit Month, Day, and 4-digit Year). Example 07/25/1950.

10. Check the one block which indicates the location of the patient at time of death. In-transit deaths or dead on arrival (DOA) cases are to be identified by checking “Other.”

11. Check the one block, which indicates the patient’s modality at time of death. “Other” has been placed on the form to be used only to report IPD (Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis) and any new method of dialysis that may be developed prior to the renewal of this form by the Office of Management and Budget.

12. Enter the name of the dialysis facility or transplant center where this patient last received care and who is completing this form.

13. Enter the 6-digit Medicare identification code of the dialysis facility in item 11.

14. Enter the street address of the provider submitting the form with the City, State and Zip Code in which the provider is located.

15. Primary Cause: Enter the numeric code from the list on the form, which represents the patient’s primary cause of death. Do not report the same cause of death for primary and secondary causes.

Identify up to four secondary causes, if available. Enter the code from the list on the form, which represents the secondary cause(s) of death. If there was not secondary cause(s) of death check no secondary.

If cause of death is “Other” (101) please specify the cause.

Notes:

Code 82, “Malignant disease, patient ever on immunosuppressive therapy” is for use when the diagnosis of malignant disease occurred after the start of immunosuppressive therapy

Code 104, “Withdrew from dialysis” may not be reported as a primary cause of death. A primary cause of death must be selected from the list on the form which would include “Other (101)” with additional information entered.

16. Select yes or no to indicate whether or not the patient voluntarily discontinued renal replacement therapy prior to death.

If YES, select the option that best describes the condition under which the patient discontinued renal replacement therapy.

Following HD and/or PD access failure

Following transplant failure

Following chronic failure to thrive

Following acute medical complication

Other (select if it was a condition of hospice)

Enter date of last dialysis treatment.

17. Select the choice that best applies. See item 18 for definition of hospice.

18. Select yes if the patient ever received a kidney transplant and complete the remaining question. If the answer is no continue to question 18.

Enter the date of the most recent transplant in month, day, and year order using an 8-digit number. If unknown, check box for unknown.

Select the type of transplant received.

Indicate if the transplant graft was functioning at time of the patient’s death.

Indicate if the kidney transplant failed and the transplant patient resume chronic maintenance dialysis prior to death.

Indicate if the patient had a short-term course of dialysis to support the kidney transplant prior to death.

19. Hospice is a program of care and support for people who are terminally ill (with a life expectancy of 6 months or less, if the illness. Palliative care relieves suffering for patients with a chronic illness. Patients may receive one or the other, both, or neither.

20. Print the name of the attending physician.

21. Signature of the person completing the form.

22. Date the form was signed.

Complete the ESRD Death Notification, CMS-2746, within 2 weeks of the date of death. If the patient was a dialysis patient, the dialysis facility last responsible for the patient’s maintenance dialysis (or home dialysis) must complete this form. If the patient was a transplant patient, the transplant center is responsible for completing this form.

If you are unable to complete this form in the approved CMS electronic system, forward a hard copy to the ESRD Network in your region.

The form CMS-2746 can be downloaded from CMS.gov or obtained from the ESRD Network in your region.

This report is required by law (42, U.S.C. 426; 20 CFR 405, Section 2133). Collection of your Social Security number is authorized by Executive Order 9397. Individually identifiable patient information will not be disclosed except as provided for in the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 5520; 45 CFR Part 5a).

Form CMS-2746-U2 (7/2022)

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