AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2020 Issue 1; Ask the Editor

Resection of Vascular Malformation, Likely Cavernoma

A 36-year-old female who presents with a ruptured intra-ventricular vascular malformation with obstructive hydrocephalus and trapped atrium and temporal horn is admitted to undergo resection of vascular malformation, likely cavernoma. The patient was also noted to be bleeding from the intra-ventricular lesion. The vascular malformation was located within the caudate/thalamus junction and within the ventricle. Once the lesion was excised, communication between the posterior and anterior aspects of the frontal horn of the right lateral ventricle was allowed. What is the correct ICD-10-PCS code assignment? ...

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