37.55 - Removal Of Internal Biventricular Heart Replacement System

The ICD 9 Code for Removal of internal biventricular heart replacement system is listed as 37.55.
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:	37.55
Description:	Removal of internal biventricular heart replacement system
Short Description:	Rem int bivent hrt sys

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:	02PA0QZ - Removal of Implantable Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	02PA3QZ - Removal of Implantable Heart Assist System from Heart, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	02PA4QZ - Removal of Implantable Heart Assist System from Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 37.55:
37.51 - Heart transplantation
37.52 - Implantation of total internal biventricular heart replacement system
37.53 - Replacement or repair of thoracic unit of (total) replacement heart system
37.54 - Replacement or repair of other implantable component of (total) replacement heart system