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:
Presence of automatic (implantable) cardiac defibrillator. Z95.810 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Z95.810 became effective on October 1, 2020.
811: Presence of heart assist device.
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.
The ICD 10 procedure code for reporting WATCHMAN implants is 02L73DK (occlusion of left atrial appendage with intraluminal device, percutaneous approach).
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z95. 818 became effective on October 1, 2021.
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.
The WATCHMAN implant device is about the size of a quarter and shaped like a parachute. It is implanted into the heart to close off the left atrial appendage (LAA), a blind pouch of heart tissue to prevent blood clots from forming and causing a stroke.
The WATCHMAN Device is an alternative to blood thinners now available to prevent blood clots from forming in the hearts of patients with A-Fib.
Current procedural terminology (CPT) code 33340 is used to bill for the procedure to place the WATCHMAN device. To insert the device, the provider obtains access to the heart through the femoral vein, and a catheter is inserted up the inferior vena cava until it enters the right atrium.
93298 - is for an interrogation device evaluation of a subcutaneous cardiac rhythm monitor system. G2066 (formerly 93299) – is the technical component for both types of device interrogation evaluations.
New CPT codes for the insertion of a subcutaneous implantable loop recorder (CPT 33285) and its removal (CPT 33286) as well as ones for leadless pacemaker procedures (CPT 33274 and 33275) will be effective Jan. 1, 2019.
once every 90 daysCPT Codes 93260, 93261, 93279-93292 are reported per procedure. CPT Codes 93293, 93294, 93295 and 93296 are reported no more than once every 90 days.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z95.810 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
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.