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

Percutaneous Balloon Pulmonary Valvuloplasty

Note: As of October 1, 1986, percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty is coded to 35.96. The current code assignment for percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty is 35.03. This code includes any cardiac catheterization as part of the procedure. Percutaneous balloon valvuloplasty has become a nonsurgical advancement in treating pulmonary valve stenosis. The procedure is an extension of angioplasty where physicians have found that not only can occluded vessels be opened up, but stenotic valves can be widened. The technique involves a balloon wedge catheter that is advanced via the femoral vein into the heart and across the stenotic valve...

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