AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Procedure Codes

Correction of Congenital Heart Defects

In line with a series of changes made last year, additional changes were made to multiple code tables to enable more precise coding of procedures performed for congenital heart defects. Depending on the particular code table, these changes can involve body part values and/or qualifier values. The procedure code tables impacted are: 027 Heart and Great Vessels, Dilation 02L Heart and Great Vessels, Occlusion 02N Heart and Great Vessels, Release 02V Heart and Great Vessels, Restriction 061 Lower Veins, Bypass Corrective Surgery for Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction In code table 027, Heart and Great Vessels, Dilation, one body...

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