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02.43 - Removal Of Ventricular Shunt


The ICD 9 Code for Removal of ventricular shunt is listed as 02.43.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 02.43
Description: Removal of ventricular shunt
Short Description: Remove ventricle shunt
Chapter: Operations on the nervous system
Subsection 1: Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 00P60JZ - Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Cerebral Ventricle, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 00P63JZ - Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 00P64JZ - Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 02.43:
02.41 - Irrigation and exploration of ventricular shunt
02.42 - Replacement of ventricular shunt