Coding Clinic, First Quarter 2018, page 10, contained an error. For a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt revision (TIPS), code 06WY3DZ was assigned and the device value incorrectly listed "D" intraluminal device, instead of "J" synthetic substitute. In PCS, this device is classified as a synthetic substitute and the correct code assignment should have read:
06WY3JZ Revision of synthetic substitute in lower vein, percutaneous approach
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