Version 2025
Billable Code

2025 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 5A09C5K

Assistance with Respiratory Ventilation, 8-24 Consecutive Hours, Intubated Prone Positioning

ICD-10-PCS Code:
5A09C5K
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Assistance with Resp Ventilation, 8-24 Hrs, Intub Prone
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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5A09C5K is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of assistance with respiratory ventilation, 8-24 consecutive hours, intubated prone positioning. The code is valid for the year 2025 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The procedure code involves taking over a portion of a physiological function by extracorporeal means.

5A09C5K 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 extracorporeal or systemic assistance and performance section and is part of the physiological systems body system, classified under assistance operation. The applicable bodysystem for this procedure code is respiratory.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 5 Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance and Performance
2 Body System A Physiological Systems
3 Operation 0 Assistance

Involves:
Taking over a portion of a physiological function by extracorporeal means

4 BodySystem 9 Respiratory  
5 Duration C 8-24 Consecutive Hours
6 Function 5 Ventilation
7 Qualifier K Intubated Prone Positioning

Clinical Classification

  • Clinical Category is Mechanical ventilation

  • CCSR Category Code: ESA003
  • Clinical Domain is Extracorporeal or Systemic Assistance and Performance - ESA contains 11 categories that include procedures that occur outside the body or within a body system to assist the body with performing a physiological function. Examples include hemodialysis, mechanical ventilation, and cardiac pacing.

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Assistance Respiratory


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 2025 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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.