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17.55 - Transluminal Coronary Atherectomy


The ICD 9 Code for Transluminal coronary atherectomy is listed as 17.55.
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: 17.55
Description: Transluminal coronary atherectomy
Short Description: Translum cor atherectomy
Chapter: Other miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
Subsection 1: Other miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02C03ZZ - Extirpation of Matter from Coronary Artery, One Site, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 17.55:
17.51 - Implantation of rechargeable cardiac contractility modulation [CCM], total system
17.52 - Implantation or replacement of cardiac contractility modulation [CCM] rechargeable pulse generator only
17.53 - Percutaneous atherectomy of extracranial vessel(s)
17.54 - Percutaneous atherectomy of intracranial vessel(s)
17.56 - Atherectomy of other non-coronary vessel(s)