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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
New and Revised Body Part Values
In the Medical and Surgical Section, several new body part values have been added, and several existing body part values have been revised.
Bypass Hepatic Artery to Renal Artery
In the Lower Arteries body system, the body part value Hepatic Artery was added to the root operation Bypass, table 041, for the renal artery qualifier values. These changes will enable capture of detail for bypass procedures from the hepatic artery or its branches to the renal arteries.
Procedures of the Common Hepatic Duct
In the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas body system, the new body part value “7” Common Hepatic...
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