02PAX2ZBillable procedure code

Removal of Monitoring Device from Heart, External Approach

Medical and Surgical·Heart and Great Vessels·Table 02P·FY 2027

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 02PAX2Z: Removal of Monitoring Device from Heart, External Approach. Table 02P, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Heart and Great Vessels body system. The approach used is External.

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What the code means

Removal: root operation

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

Includes: Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

External: approach

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane