ICD-10-PCS Procedure Coding of PTCA with Insertion of Coronary
Death of heart muscle caused by a loss of blood supply.
The ICD-10-PCS code assignment for this case example is: 4A023NZ, Catheterization, Heart B2151ZZ, Fluoroscopy, Heart, Left B2111ZZ, Fluoroscopy, Artery, Coronary, Multiple 027034Z, Angioplasty, Stent 02703ZZ, Angioplasty The angiography and ventriculography procedures are completed using fluoroscopy, which can be found on table B21.
ICD-10-PCS Procedure Coding of PTCA with Insertion of Coronary Artery Stents 00.66 for the PTCA; 36.07 for the PTCA and the insertion of the type of stent as drug-eluting;
· Z95.5 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 Z95.5 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z95.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 Z95.5 may differ. Type 1 Excludes.
· ICD-10-PCS Coding Guidelines. 11a “Inspection of a body part (s) performed to achieve the objective of a procedure is not coded separately”. Based on this guidance, only diagnostic angiography is coded and reported. Repeat angiography to “check work” is inherent in the therapeutic procedure and not reported separately.
In ICD-10-PCS, report 02703D6. Each component of this code denotes the following: 0 (medical/surgical [procedure]) 2 (heart and great vessels [body system])
ICD-10 code Z95. 5 for Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graft is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Valid for SubmissionICD-10:Z95.5Short Description:Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graftLong Description:Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graft
2022 ICD-10-PCS Procedure Code 047K041.
Overview. PTCA, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, is a minimally invasive procedure that opens blocked coronary arteries to improve blood flow to the heart muscle.
CPT code 92944 (Percutaneous transluminal revascularization of chronic total occlusion, coronary artery, coronary artery branch, or coronary artery bypass graft, any combination of intracoronary stent, atherectomy and angioplasty; each additional coronary artery, coronary artery branch, or bypass graft (List separately ...
Presence of coronary angioplasty implant and graft Z95. 5 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. 5 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI, formerly known as angioplasty with stent) is a non-surgical procedure that uses a catheter (a thin flexible tube) to place a small structure called a stent to open up blood vessels in the heart that have been narrowed by plaque buildup, a condition known as atherosclerosis.
ICD-10-CM Code for Coronary angioplasty status Z98. 61.
Left Cardiac Catheterization with PTCA One lesion was treated with a drug-eluting stent and the other lesion treated with PTCA only. The ICD-10-PCS code assignment for this case example is: 4A023NZ, Catheterization, Heart.
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0 for Cardiac catheterization as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Complications of medical and surgical care .
Patient with CAD is admitted for PTCA and stenting of 3 coronary arteries. Drug-eluting stents were placed in the RCA x 2 and LAD.
ICD-9-CM requires separate codes for the PTCA, insertion of stents, number of stents, and how many vessels are treated. ICD-10-PCS has one comprehensive code that describes the number of sites treated (not vessels) with PT CA and the type of stent used. If different devices (drug-eluting, non-drug-eluting, radioactive, or no stent) are used in one procedure, separate codes are assigned to indicate how many vessels are treated with that type of device.
Rationale: Both ICD-9-CM and ICD -10-PCS require a distinct code for the LIMA bypass. The aorto-coronary bypasses are coded differently in ICD-9-CM vs. ICD-10-PCS with ICD-10-PCS requiring separate codes for the different types of devices (i.e., autologous artery, autologous vein). The cardiopulmonary bypass is coded similarly in both code sets. ICD-10-PCS also requires separate codes for the harvesting of the bypass grafts, which are coded with the root operation Excision since only a portion of the artery/vein was removed.
In ICD-9, the description of the codes reported for the heart catheterizations were: 37.22-Left heart catheterization; 37.21-Right heart catheterization; and 37.23-Combined right & left heart cardiac catheterization. This was difficult to code because physicians were documenting that they were performing a left and/or right cardiac catheterization, without full understanding of what is needed to report these procedures.
Diagnostic Right Heart Catheterization includes: the right atrium, ventricle, tricuspid and pulmonary valves, the main pulmonary branches and superior and inferior vena cava.
Small catheters are inserted into blood vessels to obtain x-ray pictures of the coronary arteries and cardiac chambers. The catheters are put into a blood vessel in your arm, neck or groin/upper thigh. The entry site of the catheter does not impact the ICD-10-PCS code. During cardiac catheterization, pressures may be measured for intra-cardiac ...
Look for pressures in the procedure note: LV pressures (mm/hg) should be documented when a left heart catheterization is performed; RV pressures should be documented when a right heart catheterization is performed. Remember that pressures must be documented in order to report in ICD-10-PCS.
The 6 th and 7 th character of a PCS angiography code are qualifiers which allow additional explanatory information to be communicated by the code. Some qualifiers and their values are specific to certain imaging “types”. For example, the value of “0” indicates a qualifier of “Unenhanced and Enhanced” for the CT and MRI imaging types but indicates “intraoperative” for the fluoroscopy imaging type. This means qualifier values are not necessarily interchangeable, so the PCS table should always be consulted to determine the correct value to assign.
All angiography codes will come from the “Imaging” section of ICD-10-PCS, but the correct code table will vary based on the value of the Body System character.
Based on this guidance, only diagnostic angiography is coded and reported. Repeat angiography to “check work” is inherent in the therapeutic procedure and not reported separately.
The following are some of the details about what information the values for the 7 characters used to create an ICD-10-PCS angiography code report.
Angiograms are performed primarily to diagnose vascular disease throughout the body. It’s common to see the diagnoses in the list below as the pre/post-operative diagnosis for angiography procedures. Pain in chest/angina. Coronary artery/heart disease (CAD) (CHD) Arterio/atherosclerotic heart disease (ASHD) Ischemic heart disease (IHD) ...
Based on this guideline, in ICD-10-PCS, vascular catheterization is not coded separately as it is a procedural step necessary to reach the operative site. Do not get this confused with CPT coding where in some cases selective catheter placement for angiography is separately reportable.
ICD-10-PCS definition of "site." As stated in the ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, B3.6b, "Coronary arteries are classified by number of distinct sites treated , rather than number of coronary arteries or anatomic name of a coronary artery (e.g., left anterior descending)." A coronary intervention "site" refers to each distinct lesion treated, unless a single lesion extends into more than one artery.
Continuous overlapping stents used to treat one lesion would be considered one site.
Codes 92920-92944 describe percutaneous revascularization services performed for occlusive disease of the coronary vessels (major coronary arteries, coronary artery branches, or coronary artery bypass grafts). These percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) codes are built on progressive hierarchies with more intensive services inclusive of lesser intensive services. These PCI codes all include the work of accessing and selectively catheterizing the vessel, traversing the lesion, radiological supervision and interpretation directly related to the intervention (s) performed, closure of the arteriotomy when performed through access sheath, and imaging performed to document completion of the intervention in addition to the invention (s) performed. These codes include angioplasty (e.g. balloon, cutting balloon, wired balloons, cryoplasty), atherectomy (e.g. directional, rotational, laser); and stenting (e.g. balloon expandable, self-expanding, bare metal, drug eluting, covered). Each code in this family includes the balloon angioplasty, when performed. Diagnostic coronary angiography codes 93454-93461 and injection procedure codes 93563-93564 should not be used with PCI services 92920-92944 to report:
If a single lesion extends from one target vessel (major coronary artery, coronary artery bypass graft, or coronary artery branch) into another target vessel, but can be revascularized with a single intervention bridging the two vessels, this PCI should be reported with a single code despite treating more than one vessel (92928).
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Angiography during the procedure, used to monitor the course of the intervention, is considered part of the PCI and is not separately billable to Medicare. Diagnostic angiography may be separately payable in situations where no previous catheter-based coronary angiography study is available, or a previous study is no longer adequate due to changes in the patient’s condition.
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A stent is a tiny tube placed into the artery or vein used to treat vessel narrowing or blockage. Most stents are made of a metal or plastic mesh-like material.
37236-Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent(s) (except lower extremity artery(s) for occlusive disease, cervical carotid, extracranial vertebral or intrathoracic carotid, intracranial, or coronary), open or percutaneous, including radiological supervision and interpretation and including all angioplasty within the same vessel, when performed; initial artery 37237-Transcatheter placement of an intravascular stent(s) (except lower extremity artery(s) for occlusive disease, cervical carotid, extracranial vertebral or intrathoracic carotid, intracranial, or coronary), open or percutaneous, including radiological supervision and interpretation and including all angioplasty within the same vessel, when performed; each additional artery (List separately in addition to code for primary procedure) 36245-50-Selective catheter placement, arterial system; each first order abdominal, pelvic, or lower extremity artery branch, within a vascular family