Dilation of Thoracic Aorta, Descending with Expandable Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 11
New Technology·Cardiovascular System·Table X27·FY 2027
Dilation of Thoracic Aorta, Descending with Expandable Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 11 corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code X27W39B, found in table X27, part of Section X (New Technology). It applies to the Cardiovascular System body system. Its root operation is Dilation. The approach used is Percutaneous.
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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
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
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