AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2023 Issue 3; Ask the Editor

Deployment of Tack Endovascular System® for Vessel Dissection

A patient with peripheral arterial disease presented for percutaneous intervention. Angiography revealed heavily calcified stenoses of the distal superficial femoral arteries (SFA). Initial treatment of the left SFA consisted of atherectomy and drug coated balloon angioplasty. Following this intervention, two areas of focal dissection were identified which required deployment of six Tack Endovascular System® devices. After deployment of the implants, there was no residual dissection. What is the appropriate code assignment for placement of the Tack Endovascular System® devices in the left SFA to treat the arterial dissection? ...

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