AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2011 Issue 1; Correction Notices

Placement of the Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve

Coding Clinic Third Quarter 2010, page 16, advised the use of code 35.96, Percutaneous valvuloplasty, for the placement of the Melody® Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve. However, after further discussion and input from clinical experts, it was determined that code 35.25, Replacement of pulmonary valve with tissue graft, is more appropriate for this new technology. While a valvuloplasty is done as part of the procedure, the purpose of the procedure is to insert a new pulmonary valve. ...

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