Listing 6.09
Complications of chronic kidney disease
This listing covers people whose chronic kidney disease causes serious complications — like stroke, congestive heart failure, hypertensive crisis, or acute kidney failure needing short-term dialysis — that keep sending them to the hospital.
Read the full plain-language explanation
SSA looks for at least three hospital stays in one 12-month period, each at least 30 days apart from the others and each lasting at least 48 hours.
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What Listing 6.09 asks for
What SSA looks for — see the 1 items
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- You need at least three hospital stays caused by complications of your kidney disease within one 12-month period.
- Each stay must be at least 30 days apart from the others and must last at least 48 hours (time spent in the emergency room right before being admitted counts).
- The hospitalizations can be for different complications.
Read the original wording
You need at least three hospital stays caused by complications of your kidney disease within one 12-month period. Each stay must be at least 30 days apart from the others and must last at least 48 hours (time spent in the emergency room right before being admitted counts). The hospitalizations can be for different complications.
(Listing 6.09, criterion A)
How long it must last:
At least three qualifying hospitalizations within a consecutive 12-month period, at least 30 days apart, each lasting at least 48 hours; the general 12-month duration expectation for disability also applies.