Dilation of Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Bifurcation, Open Approach
Medical and Surgical·Heart and Great Vessels·Table 027·FY 2027
Dilation of Coronary Artery, Two Arteries, Bifurcation, Open Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 02710Z6, found in table 027, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). It applies to the Heart and Great Vessels body system. Its root operation is Dilation. The approach used is Open.
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What the code means
Dilation: root operation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part
Includes: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
Open: approach
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure