AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 3; Clarifications

Maze Procedure

An issue was published in Coding Clinic, Third Quarter 2014 regarding a modified left atrial Maze procedure performed during a coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The published advice was to assign code 02570ZK, Destruction of left atrial appendage, open approach, to capture the Maze procedure. In light of the advice published in Fourth Quarter 2014, what is the correct body part value when the left atrium is ablated during an open maze procedure, the left atrium or the conduction mechanism? ...

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