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02JA0ZZ

Inspection of Heart, Open 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 Inspection of Heart, Open 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 Inspection

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

For example

  • Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
02JA3ZZ Inspection of Heart, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02JA4ZZ Inspection of Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02JY0ZZ Inspection of Great Vessel, Open Approach Valid
02JY3ZZ Inspection of Great Vessel, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02JY4ZZ Inspection of Great Vessel, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid