AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 4; Volume 3 New/Revised Codes

Endovascular Occlusion of Vessel

Effective October 1, 2011, code 39.77, Temporary (partial) therapeutic endovascular occlusion of vessel, was created to classify procedures in which the vessel is partially occluded via an endovascular device. Currently, the procedure has been approved for an endovascular balloon catheter to partially occlude the abdominal aorta to treat patients with cerebral ischemia. Prior to this change, there was no unique or predecessor code to describe this procedure. This procedure is different from existing occlusion procedure codes which completely occlude the vessel or permanently occlude the vessel. Code 39.78, Endovascular implantation of branching or fenestrated graft(s) in aorta...

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