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37.53 - Replacement Or Repair Of Thoracic Unit Of (total) Replacement Heart System


The ICD 9 Code for Replacement or repair of thoracic unit of (total) replacement heart system is listed as 37.53.
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: 37.53
Description: Replacement or repair of thoracic unit of (total) replacement heart system
Short Description: Repl/rep thr unt tot hrt
Chapter: Operations on the cardiovascular system
Subsection 1: Other operations on heart and pericardium
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02WA0JZ - Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Heart, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: Combination:
02RK0JZ - Replacement of Right Ventricle with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach
with
02RL0JZ - Replacement of Left Ventricle with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 37.53:
37.51 - Heart transplantation
37.52 - Implantation of total internal biventricular heart replacement system
37.54 - Replacement or repair of other implantable component of (total) replacement heart system
37.55 - Removal of internal biventricular heart replacement system