X2HX0F9

Insert Heart Asist Cnduit in Asc Aort, Open, New Tech 9

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

X2HX0F9 belongs to 1 procedure cluster. Reported with the code beside it, the claim groups to the DRGs shown rather than the ones above.

• with 02HA0RZ → 001-002