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CMS Pub. 100-04, ch. 32, § 290.1

Coding Requirements for TAVR Furnished on or After May 1,

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2012, through December 31, 2012

(Rev. 10179, Issued: 06-10-20, Effective: 06-21-19, Implementation: 06-12-20)

The following are the applicable Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for TAVR:

0256T: Implantation of catheter-delivered prosthetic aortic heart valve; endovascular

approach

0257T: Implantation of catheter-delivered prosthetic aortic heart valve; open thoracic

approach (eg, transapical, transventricular)

0258T: Transthoracic cardiac exposure (i.e. sternotomy, thoracotomy, subxiphoid) for

catheter-delivered aortic valve replacement; without cardiopulmonary bypass

0259T: Transthoracic cardiac exposure (i.e. sternotomy, thoracotomy, subxiphoid) for

catheter-delivered aortic valve replacement; with cardiopulmonary bypass

The following are the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 procedure codes

applicable for TAVR:

35.05: Endovascular replacement of aortic valve

35.06: Transapical replacement of aortic valve

The following are the ICD-10 procedure codes applicable for TAVR:

35.05: 02RF37Z, 02RF38Z. 02RF3JZ, 02RF3KZ

35.06: 02RF37H, 02RF38H, 02RF3JH, 02RF3KH

History

(Rev. 10179, Issued: 06-10-20, Effective: 06-21-19, Implementation: 06-12-20)

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