![]() ![]() For this reason, it is advisable to always use the most recent version of the tool (it is not recommended to use the beta versions of the tool). The Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS is updated annually to coincide with fiscal year updates to the ICD-10-PCS coding system and retains procedure codes valid from the start of ICD-10-PCS in October 2015. The recommended modifications (implemented in v2021.2) transition the software tool out of its beta status and into the Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS. Once ICD-10-PCS-coded data became available, the beta version was evaluated by clinical experts. The software was translated into ICD-10-PCS prior to the availability of ICD-10-PCS-coded data and released as a beta version. ![]() The Procedure Classes was originally developed using ICD-9-CM procedure codes. 0210093, Bypass Coronary Artery, One Site from Coronary Artery with Autologous Venous Tissue, Open Approach). Major Therapeutic-Procedures that are considered operating room procedures that are performed for therapeutic reasons (e.g.02BV0ZX, Excision of Superior Vena Cava, Open Approach, Diagnostic) Major Diagnostic-Procedures that are considered operating room procedures that are performed for diagnostic reasons (e.g.02HQ33Z, Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach) Minor Therapeutic-Nonoperating room procedures that are therapeutic (e.g.Minor Diagnostic-Nonoperating room procedures that are diagnostic (e.g.The Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS assigns all ICD-10-PCS procedure codes to one of four categories: The Procedure Classes Refined for ICD-10-PCS facilitates health services research by allowing the researcher to readily determine (1) whether a procedure is diagnostic or therapeutic and (2) whether a procedure is expected to be performed in an operating room. ![]()
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