AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Codes Section 5 – Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance and Performance

Cardiac Perfusion with Intra-Arterial Supersaturated Oxygen

Code 5A0222C Assistance with cardiac oxygenation, supersaturated, has been created in table 5A0, Assistance of Physiological Systems, with function value 2 Oxygenation and qualifier value C Supersaturated as follows:Body System Duration Function Qualifier 2 Cardiac 2 Continuous 2 Oxygenation C Supersaturated Supersaturated oxygen therapy delivers high concentrations of oxygen to heart tissue that has been damaged by the reduction in blood flow and lack of oxygen associated with an acute myocardial infarction. The patient’s blood is mixed with highly oxygenated saline to produce a hyperoxemic perfusate that is infused into the coronary artery following successful percutaneous coronary intervention...

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