Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 02JA0ZZ

Inspection of Heart, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
02JA0ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Inspection of Heart, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

02JA0ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of inspection of heart, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

02JA0ZZ PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the heart and great vessels body system, classified under inspection operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is heart.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System 2 Heart and Great Vessels
3 Operation J Inspection

Involves:
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Explanation:
Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

Includes:
  • Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
4 BodyPart A Heart  
5 Approach 0 Open

Involves:
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier Z No Qualifier

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Clinical Classification

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Inspection Heart

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.