AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2019 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with Modified Gleason Vascutek® Graft to Ascending Aorta

A patient who is status post endovascular repair of an aortic dissection is diagnosed with severe aortic insufficiency with dilated left ventricle, due to a dilated root with a tri-leaflet valve. The patient underwent open valve-sparing aortic root replacement with a synthetic graft up to the mid ascending aorta. What is the appropriate code for this procedure? ...

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