AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Flow Reserve and Intravascular Pressure Measurement

Effective October 1, 2008, new codes have been created to identify fractional flow reserve (FFR) in coronary vessels and intravascular pressure measurement of intra-aneurysm sac and noncoronary vessels. Prior to this change, intracoronary pressure measurement was assigned to code 89.69, Monitoring of coronary blood flow. The inclusion term listed under code 89.69, “Coronary blood flow monitoring by coincidence counting technique,” did not fully capture the use of FFR. Additionally, this code did not capture the use of intravascular pressure measurement outside of the heart. In the past, intravascular pressure measurement might...

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