AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2013 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Transcatheter Replacement of Heart Valve (TAVR) with Measurements

With the thoracic aortic valve repair (TAVR) procedures, the surgeons will document left heart cardiac catheterization. Occasionally they will mention a pressure or two, but no report that an actual cardiac catheterization has been done and usually no pressures are even mentioned. Should we also assign an ICD-10-PCS procedure code for a left heart catheterization when a TAVR is performed? ...

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