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37.24 - Biopsy Of Pericardium


The ICD 9 Code for Biopsy of pericardium is listed as 37.24.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 37.24
Description: Biopsy of pericardium
Short Description: Pericardial biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the cardiovascular system
Subsection 1: Other operations on heart and pericardium
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN0ZX - Excision of Pericardium, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN3ZX - Excision of Pericardium, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 02BN4ZX - Excision of Pericardium, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 37.24:
37.20 - Noninvasive programmed electrical stimulation [NIPS]
37.21 - Right heart cardiac catheterization
37.22 - Left heart cardiac catheterization
37.23 - Combined right and left heart cardiac catheterization
37.25 - Biopsy of heart
37.26 - Catheter based invasive electrophysiologic testing
37.27 - Cardiac mapping
37.28 - Intracardiac echocardiography
37.29 - Other diagnostic procedures on heart and pericardium