AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 November - December; New Technologies

Extracorporeal oxygenation

Note: As of October 1, 1988, extracorporeal oxygenation is coded to 39.65. The current code assignment for extracorporeal oxygenation is 39.61, Extracorporeal circulation. Extracorporeal oxygenation is a life-saving treatment for infants with severe neonatal respiratory failure. It involves a cardiopulmonary bypass-like procedure as performed in the operating room for open-heart surgery. The use of the newer membrane oxygenation allows bypass to continue for days and weeks rather than minutes and hours. Extracorporeal oxygenation is a temporary artificial lung, and the patient must have a respiratory disorder considered reversible within one or two weeks. A simplified heart-lung machine...

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