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ICD-10-PCS 2027 procedure code

02PAX3ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Heart, External Approach

✓ Valid for 2027

Code unchanged since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-PCS release from CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data

About 02PAX3Z

02PAX3Z is the ICD-10-PCS code for a removal procedure on the heart using an external approach with infusion device. In ICD-10-PCS, removal means taking out or off a device from a body part.

In plain terms, this corresponds to removal of other device from thorax, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (97.49).

For a different body part, codes include 02PYX3Z (great vessel).

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 02PA03Z (open), 02PA33Z (percutaneous) and 02PA43Z (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 02PAX2Z (monitoring device), 02PAXDZ (intraluminal device) and 02PAXMZ (cardiac lead).

It doesn't appear in the MS-DRG procedure index, so on its own it doesn't change the DRG assignment.

It has been valid since ICD-10-PCS took effect on October 1, 2015.

What each character means

1. Section
0Medical and Surgical
2. Body System
2Heart and Great Vessels
3. Operation
PRemoval

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

Includes: Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

4. Body Part
AHeart
5. Approach
XExternal

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

6. Device
3Infusion Device

Includes: Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter; InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal); Non-tunneled central venous catheter; Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC); Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

7. Qualifier
ZNo Qualifier

Other versions of this procedure

Different body part

ICD-9-CM equivalent

Converter →
  • 97.49Removal of other device from thoraxapproximate

From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.

Code history

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  10. 2025
  11. 2026
  12. 2027
  • FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
  • No changes since FY2016.

Common questions about 02PAX3Z

Is 02PAX3Z a valid ICD-10-PCS code for 2027?

Yes. 02PAX3Z is valid for inpatient procedures from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

What is the ICD-9 procedure code for 02PAX3Z?

The CMS GEMs map 02PAX3Z to ICD-9-CM 97.49 (Removal of other device from thorax).