If the Impella® device is left in place at the end of the procedure an ICD-10-PCS code for the insertion of the device WITHOUT intraoperative qualifier, 02HA3RZ and assistance (5A0) are reported.
Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, First Quarter 2017, which became effective March 15, provides interesting perspectives regarding coding and documentation for Impell®, an implantable heart pump device that supports a patient’s circulation and, when implanted or removed, has a significant effect on MS-DRGs or APR-DRGs.
On p. 11, it states that these codes are assigned when an Impella device, implanted during surgery, is left in for a few hours postoperatively. In this case, Coding Clinic suggests that the following codes would be assigned:
The Impella® device pumps blood for the left or right side of the heart into the ascending aorta or pulmonary artery. This is used to rest the patient’s heart during PCI procedures and prevents the heart from being overstressed while the coronary artery blockages are repaired. The device maintains blood flow and blood pressure during the procedure.
811 - Presence of heart assist device.
The ICD 10 procedure code for reporting WATCHMAN implants is 02L73DK (occlusion of left atrial appendage with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach).
The IABP is not coded as a device within ICD-10-PCS and is coded with the root operation of “Assistance.” The ICD-10-PCS code for insertion of an IABP for continuous pumping would be 5A02210, Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance, Physiologic Systems, Assistance, Cardiac, Continuous, Output, Balloon Pump.
Presence of other cardiac implants and grafts 818 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z95. 818 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z95.
33340Current procedural terminology (CPT) code 33340 is used to bill for the procedure to place the WATCHMAN device.
Heart Devices Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) Closure implant, such as a Watchman™
If the Impella® device is left in place at the end of the procedure an ICD-10-PCS code for the insertion of the device WITHOUT intraoperative qualifier, 02HA3RZ and assistance (5A0) are reported.
The Impella device is a catheter-based miniaturized ventricular assist device that pumps blood from left ventricle (LV) into ascending aorta and responsible for systemic circulation at an upper rate between 2.5 and 5.0 L/min.
3396733967: Insertion of intra-aortic balloon assist device, percutaneous.
CPT‡ 2019 has deleted codes 33282 (Implantation of patient-activated cardiac event recorder) and 33284 (Removal of an implantable, patient- activated cardiac event recorder). Starting January 1, 2019, new codes, 33285 and 33286, should be reported instead.
You could also report 33285 and 33286 with modifier 59 (or modifier XE) if for some reason the old monitor was removed during one encounter and the new monitor was inserted at a separate encounter later on the same day.
ICD-10 code I47. 1 for Supraventricular tachycardia is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .
Abstract. Treatment with the intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) is the most common form of mechanical support for the failing heart. Augmentation of diastolic pressure during balloon inflation contributes to the coronary circulation and the presystolic deflation of the balloon reduces the resistance to systolic output.
An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a type of therapeutic device. It helps your heart pump more blood. You may need it if your heart is unable to pump enough blood for your body. The IABP consists of a thin, flexible tube called a catheter. Attached to the tip of the catheter is a long balloon.
33968: Removal of Intra-aortic balloon assist device, percutaneous.
The intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) reduces the workload on your heart, allowing your heart to pump more blood. The IABP is placed inside your aorta, the artery that takes blood from the heart to the rest of the body. The balloon on the end of the catheter inflates and deflates with the rhythm of your heart.
Coding Clinic for ICD-10-CM/PCS, First Quarter 2017, which became effective March 15 , provides interesting perspectives regarding coding and documentation for Impell®, an implantable heart pump device that supports a patient’s circulation and, when implanted or removed, has a significant effect on MS-DRGs or APR-DRGs.
This advice in Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2017, pp. 10–14, makes it very clear that the insertion of an Impella device cannot be coded if it occurs after the start of a procedure and then is removed prior to or at the end of the procedure. The issue states (emphasis added): “Assign a code for the assistance only [5A0] when an external heart assist device such as the Impella is inserted intraoperatively and removed at the completion of the procedure. It would not be appropriate to assign a code for the insertion of the device.”
Coding Clinic does allow us to code the insertion and/or removal of an Impella device if its removal occurs outside the confines of a surgical procedure. On p. 11, it states that these codes are assigned when an Impella device, implanted during surgery, is left in for a few hours postoperatively. In this case, Coding Clinic suggests that the following codes would be assigned:
On the other hand, the ICD-10-PCS performance codes for Impella [5A0-] may have a different effect, or no effect at all, if not paired with an Impella insertion or removal code. Learn more about Impella here.