AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; Ask the Editor

Modified Warden Procedure for Repair of Septal Defect and Right Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return

A patient with sinus venosus atrial septal defect and right partial anomalous pulmonary venous return was admitted for modified Warden procedure, atrial septectomy and replacement of superior vena cava with tubularized cormatrix patch. A bovine pericardial patch was trimmed and the superior vena cava opening was baffled to the margin of the right atrium septal defect. The superior vena cava was closed with a bovine pericardial patch. The tubularized cormatrix was used to reconstruct the systemic venous pathway onto the atrium. What are the code assignments for this procedure? ...

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