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02H44KZ

Insertion of Defibrillator Lead into Coronary Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Insertion of Defibrillator Lead into Coronary Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
02H00DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Open Approach Valid
02H00YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Open Approach Valid
02H03DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02H03YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02H04DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02H04YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, One Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02H10DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Open Approach Valid
02H10YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Open Approach Valid
02H13DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02H13YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02H14DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02H14YZ Insertion of Other Device into Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid