Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach
Medical and Surgical·Heart and Great Vessels·Table 02H·FY 2027
02HW3RZ is the ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach. It belongs to PCS table 02H, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). The procedure targets the Heart and Great Vessels body system. Its root operation is Insertion. The approach used is Percutaneous.
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What the code means
Insertion: root operation
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
Includes: Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter
Percutaneous: approach
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure