5A09557Assistance with Respiratory Ventilation, Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Billable / Specific Code
5A09557 is a billable ICD-10-PCS procedure code for Assistance with Respiratory Ventilation, Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2027 (October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027). The root operation Assistance involves taking over a portion of a physiological function by extracorporeal means. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this procedure falls under Non-invasive ventilation.
Code Identity
PCS Table Breakdown
Each ICD-10-PCS code is built from seven characters, each an axis of the procedure. Hover or tap the icons for the official CMS definitions.
| Position | Designation | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Section | 5 | Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance and Performance |
| 2 | Body System | A | Physiological Systems |
| 3 | Operation | 0 | Assistance |
| 4 | BodySystem | 9 | Respiratory |
| 5 | Duration | 5 | Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours |
| 6 | Function | 5 | Ventilation |
| 7 | Qualifier | 7 | Continuous Positive Airway Pressure |
In the ICD-10-PCS Alphabetic Index
These FY 2027 ICD-10-PCS Alphabetic Index entries lead to this code:
To code prone positioning of the intubated, open the FY 2027 ICD-10-PCS Alphabetic Index at Prone positioning, then the subterm intubated. The index leads to table 5A0, where the duration, function and qualifier values shown in the breakdown above complete the seven-character code 5A09557.
Clinical Classification (CCSR)
AHRQ groups this procedure code into these clinical categories.
Convert to ICD-9-PCS
Closest ICD-9-PCS equivalents for this code under the General Equivalence Mappings.
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Questions About 5A09557
Is 5A09557 a billable code?
Yes. This is a complete seven-character ICD-10-PCS code, specific enough to report Assistance with Respiratory Ventilation, Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on inpatient claims from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
What do the characters in 5A09557 mean?
The code breaks down character by character: the 1st character 5 is the Section (Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance and Performance); the 2nd character A is the Body System (Physiological Systems); the 3rd character 0 is the Operation (Assistance); the 4th character 9 is the BodySystem (Respiratory); the 5th character 5 is the Duration (Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours); the 6th character 5 is the Function (Ventilation); the 7th character 7 is the Qualifier (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure).
What is the ICD-9-PCS equivalent of 5A09557?
Under the General Equivalence Mappings, Assistance with Respiratory Ventilation, Greater than 96 Consecutive Hours, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure crosswalks to ICD-9-PCS 93.90 (Non-invasive mechanical ventilation). The mapping is approximate, so confirm it fits the documentation.
