ICD-9-CM Volume 3

System of procedure codes within ICD-9 Clinical Modification

ICD-9-CM Volume 3 is a system of procedural codes used by health insurers to classify medical procedures for billing purposes. It is a subset of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 9-CM. Volumes 1 and 2 are used for diagnostic codes.

Main sections

(00) Procedures and interventions, not elsewhere classified

  • (00) Procedures and interventions, not elsewhere classified
    • (00.0) Therapeutic ultrasound
      • (00.01) Therapeutic ultrasound of vessels of head and neck
        • Anti-restenotic ultrasound
        • Intravascular non-ablative ultrasound
      • (00.02) Therapeutic ultrasound of heart
        • Anti-restenotic ultrasound
        • Intravascular non-ablative ultrasound
      • (00.03) Therapeutic ultrasound of peripheral vascular vessels
        • Anti-restenotic ultrasound
        • Intravascular non-ablative ultrasound
      • (00.09) Other therapeutic ultrasound
    • (00.1) Pharamaceuticals
      • (00.10) Implantation of chemotherapeutic agent
        • Brain wafer chemotherapy
        • Interstitial/ intracavitary
      • (00.11) Infusion of drotrecogin alfa (activated)
        • Infusion of recombinant protein
      • (00.12) Administration of inhaled nitric oxide
        • Nitric oxide therapy
      • (00.13) Injection or infusion of nesiritide
        • Human B-type natriuretic peptide (hBNP)
      • (00.14) Injection or infusion of oxazolidinone class of antibiotics
        • Linezolid injection
      • (00.15) High-dose infusion interleukin-2 [IL-2]
        • Infusion (IV bolus, CIV) interleukin
        • Injection of aldesleukin
      • (00.16) Pressurized treatment of venous bypass graft [conduit] with pharmaceutical substance
        • Ex-vivo treatment of vessel
        • Hyperbaric pressurized graft [conduit]
      • (00.17) Infusion of vasopressor agent
      • (00.18) Infusion of immunosuppressive antibody therapy
      • (00.19) Disruption of blood brain barrier via infusion [BBBD]
        • Infusion of substance to disrupt blood brain barrier
    • (00.2) Intravascular imaging of blood vessels
      • Endovascular ultrasonography
      • Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)
      • Intravascular [ultrasound] imaging of blood vessels
      • (00.21) Intravascular imaging of extracranial cerebral vessels
        • Common carotid vessels and branches
        • Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), extracranial cerebral vessels
      • (00.22) Intravascular imaging of intrathoracic vessels
      • (00.23) Intravascular imaging of peripheral vessels
        • Imaging of vessels of arm(s)
        • Imaging of vessels of leg(s)
        • Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), peripheral vessels
      • (00.24) Intravascular imaging of coronary vessels
        • Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), coronary vessels
      • (00.25) Intravascular imaging of renal vessels
      • (00.28) Intravascular imaging, other specified vessel(s)
      • (00.29) Intravascular imaging, unspecified vessel(s)
    • (00.3) Computer assisted surgery [CAS]
      • CT-free navigation
      • Image guided navigation (IGN)
      • Image guided surgery (IGS)
      • Imageless navigation
      • That without the use of robotic(s) technology
      • (00.31) Computer assisted surgery with CT/CTA
      • (00.32) Computer assisted surgery with MR/MRA
      • (00.33) Computer assisted surgery with fluoroscopy
      • (00.34) Imageless computer assisted surgery
      • (00.35) Computer assisted surgery with multiple datasets
      • (00.39) Other computer assisted surgery
        • Computer assisted surgery NOS
    • (00.4) Adjunct Vascular System Procedures
      • (00.40) Procedure on single vessel
        • Number of vessels, unspecified
      • (00.41) Procedure on two vessels
      • (00.42) Procedure on three vessels
      • (00.43) Procedure on four or more vessels
      • (00.44) Procedure on vessel bifurcation
      • (00.45) Insertion of one vascular stent
        • Number of stents, unspecified
      • (00.46) Insertion of two vascular stents
      • (00.47) Insertion of three vascular stents
      • (00.48) Insertion of four or more vascular stents
      • (00.49) SuperSaturated oxygen therapy
        • Aqueous oxygen (AO) therapy
        • SS02
        • SuperOxygenation infusion therapy
    • (00.5) Other cardiovascular procedures
      • (00.50) Implantation of cardiac resynchronization pacemaker without mention of defibrillation, total system [CRT-P]
        • Biventricular pacemaker
        • Biventricular pacing without internal cardiac defibrillator
        • Implantation of cardiac resynchronization (biventricular) pulse generator pacing device, formation of pocket, transvenous leads including placement of lead into left ventricular coronary venous system, and intraoperative procedures for evaluation of lead signals.
        • That with CRT-P generator and one or more leads
      • (00.51) Implantation of cardiac resynchronization defibrillator, total system [CRT-D]
        • Biventricular defibrillator
        • Biventricular pacing with internal cardiac defibrillator
        • BiV ICD
        • BiV pacemaker with defibrillator
        • BiV pacing with defibrillator
        • Implantation of a cardiac resynchronization (biventricular) pulse generator with defibrillator [AICD], formation of pocket, transvenous leads, including placement of lead into left ventricular coronary venous system, intraoperative procedures for evaluation of lead signals, and obtaining defibrillator threshold measurements.
        • That with CRT-D generator and one or more leads
      • (00.52) Implantation or replacement of transvenous lead [electrode] into left ventricular coronary venous system
      • (00.53) Implantation or replacement of cardiac resynchronization pacemaker pulse generator only [CRT-P]
        • Implantation of CRT-P device with removal of any existing CRT-P or other pacemaker device
      • (00.54) Implantation or replacement of cardiac resynchronization defibrillator pulse generator device only [CRT-D]
        • Implantation of CRT-D device with removal of any existing CRT-D, CRT-P, pacemaker, or defibrillator device
      • (00.55) Insertion of drug-eluting peripheral vessel stent(s)
        • Endograft(s)
        • Endovascular graft(s)
        • Stent grafts
      • (00.56) Insertion or replacement of implantable pressure sensor (lead) for intracardiac hemodynamic monitoring
      • (00.58) Insertion of intra-aneurysm sac pressure monitoring device (intraoperative)
      • (00.59) Intravascular pressure measurement of coronary arteries
    • (00.6) Procedures on blood vessels
    • (00.7) Other hip procedures
      • (00.70) Revision of hip replacement, both acetabular and femoral components
      • (00.71) Revision of hip replacement, acetabular component
      • (00.72) Revision of hip replacement, femoral component
      • (00.73) Revision of hip replacement, acetabular liner and/or femoral head only
      • (00.74) Hip bearing surface, metal-on-polyethylene
      • (00.75) Hip bearing surface, metal-on-metal
      • (00.76) Hip bearing surface, ceramic-on-ceramic
      • (00.77) Hip bearing surface, ceramic-on-polyethylene
    • (00.8) Other knee and hip procedures
      • (00.80) Revision of knee replacement, total (all components)
      • (00.81) Revision of knee replacement, tibial component
      • (00.82) Revision of knee replacement, femoral component
      • (00.83) Revision of knee replacement, patellar component
      • (00.84) Revision of total knee replacement, tibial insert (liner)
    • (00.9) Other procedures and interventions
      • (00.91) Transplant from live related donor
      • (00.92) Transplant from live non-related donor
      • (00.93) Transplant from cadaver
      • (00.94) Intra-operative neurophysiologic monitoring

(01–05) Operations on the nervous system

  • (01) Incision and excision of skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
    • (01.0) Cranial puncture
      • (01.01) Cisternal puncture
      • (01.02) Ventriculopuncture through previously implanted catheter
      • (01.09) Other cranial puncture
    • (01.1) Diagnostic procedures on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
      • (01.10) Intracranial pressure monitoring
      • (01.11) Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of cerebral meninges
      • (01.12) Open biopsy of cerebral meninges
      • (01.13) Closed [percutaneous] [needle] biopsy of brain
      • (01.14) Open biopsy of brain
      • (01.15) Biopsy of skull
      • (01.16) Intracranial oxygen monitoring
      • (01.17) Brain temperature monitoring
      • (01.18) Other diagnostic procedures on brain and cerebral meninges
      • (01.19) Other diagnostic procedures on skull
    • (01.2) Craniotomy and craniectomy
      • (01.21) Incision and drainage of cranial sinus
      • (01.22) Removal of intracranial neurostimulator lead(s)
      • (01.23) Reopening of craniotomy site
      • (01.24) Other craniotomy
      • (01.25) Other craniectomy
        • Sequestrectomy of skull
      • (01.26) Insertion of catheter(s) into cranial cavity or tissue
      • (01.27) Removal of catheter(s) from cranial cavity or tissue
      • (01.28) Placement of intracerebral catheter(s) via burr hole(s)
    • (01.3) Incision of brain and cerebral meninges
    • (01.4) Operations on thalamus and globus pallidus
      • (01.41) Operations on thalamus
      • (01.42) Operations on globus pallidus
    • (01.5) Other excision or destruction of brain and meninges
    • (01.6) Excision of lesion of skull
  • (02) Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
    • (02.0) Cranioplasty
    • (02.1) Repair of cerebral meninges
    • (02.2) Ventriculostomy
    • (02.3) Extracranial ventricular shunt
    • (02.4) Revision, removal, and irrigation of ventricular shunt
    • (02.9) Other operations on skull, brain, and cerebral meninges
  • (03) Operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures
    • (03.0) Exploration and decompression of spinal canal structures
    • (03.1) Division of intraspinal nerve root
    • (03.2) Chordotomy
      • (03.21) Percutaneous chordotomy
      • (03.29) Other chordotomy
        • Tractotomy
    • (03.3) Diagnostic procedures on spinal cord and spinal canal structures
      • (03.31) Spinal tap
      • (03.32) Biopsy of spinal cord or spinal meninges
      • (03.39) Other diagnostic procedures on spinal cord and spinal canal structures
    • (03.4) Excision or destruction of lesion of spinal cord or spinal meninges
    • (03.5) Plastic operations on spinal cord structures
    • (03.6) Lysis of adhesions of spinal cord and nerve roots
    • (03.7) Shunt of spinal theca
      • (03.71) Spinal subarachnoid-peritoneal shunt
      • (03.72) Spinal subarachnoid-ureteral shunt
      • (03.79) Other shunt of spinal theca
        • Pleurothecal anastomosis
        • Salpingothecal anastomosis
    • (03.8) Injection of destructive agent into spinal canal
    • (03.9) Other operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures
      • (03.90) Insertion of catheter into spinal canal for infusion of therapeutic or palliative substances
      • (03.91) Injection of anesthetic into spinal canal for analgesia
      • (03.92) Injection of other agent into spinal canal
      • (03.93) Implantation or replacement of spinal neurostimulator lead(s)
      • (03.94) Removal of spinal neurostimulator lead(s)
      • (03.95) Spinal blood patch
      • (03.96) Percutaneous denervation of facet
      • (03.97) Revision of spinal thecal shunt
      • (03.98) Removal of spinal thecal shunt
      • (03.99) Other
  • (04) Operations on cranial and other nerves
  • (05) Operations on sympathetic nerves or ganglia

(06–07) Operations on the endocrine system

(08–16) Operations on the eye

(18–20) Operations on the ear

(21-29) Operations on the nose, mouth and pharynx

(30–34) Operations on the respiratory system

(35–39) Operations on the cardiovascular system

Heart

Vessels

(40–41) Operations on the hemic and lymphatic system

(42–54) Operations on the digestive system

(55–59) Operations on the urinary system

(60–64) Operations on the male genital organs

(65–71) Operations on the female genital organs

(72–75) Obstetrical procedures

(76–84) Operations on the musculoskeletal system

(85–86) Operations on the integumentary system

(87–99) Miscellaneous diagnostic and therapeutic procedures

Diagnostic radiology

Interview, evaluation, consultation, and examination

Nuclear medicine

Physical therapy, respiratory therapy, rehabilitation, and related procedures

Procedures related to the psyche

Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Nonoperative intubation and irrigation

Replacement and removal of therapeutic appliances/nonoperative removal of foreign body or calculus

Other nonoperative procedures

See also

External links

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