AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2004 Issue 4; VOLUME 3 NEW/REVISED PROCEDURE CODES

Automatic Implantable Cardioverter (AICD)/Defibrillator Check

Effective October 1, 2004, a new code has been created to uniquely identify a check of the AICD device. Prior to this change, an AICD check was reported with code 89.59, Other nonoperative cardiac and vascular measurements. The bedside check of an AICD device is not the same as a cardiac electrophysiologic stimulation and recording study, which is performed on a patient’s heart. The AICD test is performed on the device itself. Evaluation of an AICD itself to ensure that the device is operating appropriately such as checking pacing thresholds of the device is a...

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