AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2024 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Bioprosthetic Valve Fracture Performed during Valve-In-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

A patient with aortic valve stenosis was admitted for a valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). When the new valve was deployed it was severely constrained. A balloon was inserted and positioned at the constrained area of the valve. Rapid ventricular pacing with bioprosthetic valve fracture of the old surgical valve was then performed to allow the new valve to fully expand. What is the correct code assignment for a bioprosthetic valve fracture performed during a valve-in-valve TAVR? ...

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