02WA4RZ

Revision of Ext Heart Assist in Heart, Perc Endo Approach

An operating room procedure. An O.R. procedure drives DRG assignment on its own, so it can change the MDC and MS-DRG regardless of the principal diagnosis. It is also part of a procedure cluster, meaning certain combinations group differently than this code does alone.

Assigns to MDC 05

One MDC, with the conditional pathways below listed separately.

Groups differently in combination

02WA4RZ belongs to 4 procedure clusters. Reported with the code beside it, the claim groups to the DRGs shown rather than the ones above.

• with 02PW3RZ → 001-002
• with 02PA0RZ → 001-002
• with 02PA3RZ → 001-002
• with 02PA4RZ → 001-002