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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-PCS Procedure Codes
Intramuscular Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Therapy
New code table XK0, Introduction, Muscles, Tendons, Bursae and Ligaments, captures a new technique for treating advanced, limb-threatening peripheral artery disease.
Device/Substance/Technology0 Concentrated Bone Marrow Aspirate
Treatment of critical limb ischemia of extremities generally involves bypass, angioplasty, stenting, or atherectomy or, if those procedures fail, amputation. Intramuscular autologous bone marrow cell therapy is a new technique that uses stem cells taken from the patient to promote angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels.
In the procedure, bone marrow is first aspirated from the iliac crest. This step is coded separately. The collected bone marrow is centrifuged to create concentrated...
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