ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 02 Heart and Great Vessels › 02P Heart and Great Vessels, Removal › 02PA4KZ

02PA4KZ

Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Heart, 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 Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Heart, 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
02PA02Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA03Z Removal of Infusion Device from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA08Z Removal of Zooplastic Tissue from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0DZ Removal of Intraluminal Device from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0MZ Removal of Cardiac Lead from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0NZ Removal of Intracardiac Pacemaker from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0QZ Removal of Implantable Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach Valid
02PA0RS Removal of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach Valid