AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2019 Issue 4; ICD-10-PCS NEW/REVISED CODES

Aneurysm Treatment Using Flow Diverter Stent

A new device value H Intraluminal Device, Flow Diverter, has been created at table 03V, Restriction, Upper Arteries, applied to upper artery body part values noted below, to describe a stent used to treat wide-necked, giant, and fusiform intracranial aneurysms. The Flow Diverter device is implanted in the parent blood vessel (instead of placing a device inside the aneurysm sac as is done with coiling) to divert blood flow away from the aneurysm itself. Flow Diverters have a significantly higher mesh density and many more uniformly placed struts/edges than traditional vascular stents, which prevents flow in the parent artery...

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