37.93 - Injection Of Therapeutic Substance Into Pericardium

The ICD 9 Code for Injection of therapeutic substance into pericardium is listed as 37.93.
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:	37.93
Description:	Injection of therapeutic substance into pericardium
Short Description:	Injection into pericard

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:	3E080GC - Introduction of Other Therapeutic Substance into Heart, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code:	3E083GC - Introduction of Other Therapeutic Substance into Heart, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 37.93:
37.90 - Insertion of left atrial appendage device
37.91 - Open chest cardiac massage
37.92 - Injection of therapeutic substance into heart
37.94 - Implantation or replacement of automatic cardioverter/defibrillator, total system [AICD]
37.95 - Implantation of automatic cardioverter/defibrillator lead(s) only
37.96 - Implantation of automatic cardioverter/defibrillator pulse generator only
37.97 - Replacement of automatic cardioverter/defibrillator lead(s) only
37.98 - Replacement of automatic cardioverter/defibrillator pulse generator only
37.99 - Other operations on heart and pericardium