Question

This seven-year-old child was brought to the hospital with congenital heart problems. During her stay a cardiac catheterization with a drug-eluting stent implantation to the left lower pulmonary vein is performed. The stent is implanted via the catheter. What is the correct ICD-10-PCS code assignment for the percutaneous dilation of left pulmonary vein with insertion of stent?

Answer 1

The correct ICD-10-PCS Codes for the percutaneous dilation of left pulmonary vein with insertion of stent is 02703ZZ0

Step-by-step explanation:

ICD-10-PCS captures the number of sites treated regardless of the number of vessels.

The rationale for the code is demonstrated below:

Section : Medical and surgical - 0

Body System : Heart and great vessels - 2

Operation : Dilation - 7

Body Part : Coronary artery, one site - 0

Approach : Percutaneous - 3

Device : No device - Z

Qualifier : No qualifier - Z

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