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

Implantable Hemodynamic Monitoring System

Effective October 1, 2011, a new procedure code (38.26) has been created to identify the insertion of an implantable pressure sensor without lead for intracardiac or great vessel hemodynamic monitoring. This is a new hemodynamic monitoring system in which one component of the system is implantable; only the sensor is implanted in a great vessel. An external monitor is used to communicate wirelessly with the sensor. These devices are used to treat heart failure. During this procedure, the delivery system is inserted over a guidewire and advanced to the selected pulmonary artery branch. The sensor/monitor is implanted and...

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