Highlight of Recent Code Changes
Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Fiscal Year 2013:
Summary of Changes to Hospital Acquired Conditions
Two codes added to the existing vascular catheter-associated infection HAC category:
- 999.32 (bloodstream infection due to central catheter)
- 999.33 (local infection due to central venous catheter)
Two new conditions added to HACs:
- Surgical site infection following cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)
996.61 or 998.59, in combination with the associated procedure codes below: (see p. 53287 for entire text of code list)- 00.50 – 00.54 cardiac resynchronization device procedures (pacemaker, defibrillator, leads)
- 37.80 – 37.87 insertion/replacement pacemaker procedures
- 37.94 Implantation or replacement AICD
- 37.96 Implantation of AICD pulse generator
- 37.98 Replacement of AICD pulse generator
- 37.74 – 37.77 Insertion/replacement epicardial/atrial/ventricular leads
- 37.89 Revision/removal pacemaker device
- Iatrogenic pneumothorax with venous catheterization
- Diagnosis code 512.1, in combination with the associated procedure code 38.93 (Venous catheterization NEC)
Reference: Federal Register, Volume 77, Number 170, Friday, August 31, 2012, pp. 53257-53750
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