icd10pcs: ICD-10-PCS Codes.

In vcastro/icd10us: Work with U.S. ICD-10 Diagnosis and Procedure Codes

Description

ICD-10-PCS procedure codes

Usage

icd10pcs

Format

A data frame with 6 variables:

order_number

file order from source data

icd10pcs_code

ICD-10-PCS code

valid_billing_code

Is the code a valid billing code 1=Yes, 0=No

icd10pcs_short_description

ICD-10-PCS short description

icd10pcs_long_description

ICD-10-PCS long description

procedure_class

class of procedure based on HCUP Procedure Class data

Details

Procedure class is derived from the HCUP Procedure Class file. From the user guide, codes are divided into 4 classes:

• 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).

Source

https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/2022-icd-10-pcs-order-file-long-and-abbreviated-titles.zip

https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/procedureicd10/ProcedureClasses_v2021-2.zip

vcastro/icd10us documentation built on Dec. 23, 2021, 3:02 p.m.