proc_class_icd10: Procedure Classes Refined for the ICD-10-PCS
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Procedure Classes Refined for the ICD-10-PCS

Procedure Classes Refined for the ICD-10-PCS

proc_class_icd10

I10_PR: ICD-10-PCS procedure code
I10_PR_desc: Description of the ICD-10-PCS procedure code
proc_class: Categorical variable inidcating Procedure Classes Refined (see below)

ICD-10-PCS procedure codes to one of four categories:

Minor Diagnostic: Nonoperating room procedures that are diagnostic (e.g. B244ZZZ, Ultrasonography of Right Heart)
Minor Therapeutic: Nonoperating room procedures that are therapeutic (e.g. 02HQ33Z, Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach)
Major Diagnostic: Procedures that are considered operating room procedures that are performed for diagnostic reasons (e.g. 02BV0ZX, Excision of Superior Vena Cava, Open Approach, Diagnostic)
Major Therapeutic: Procedures that are considered operating room procedures that are performed for therapeutic reasons (e.g. 0210093, Bypass Coronary Artery, One Site from Coronary Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach).