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Inpatient Procedure Code

02HW33Z

Insertion of Infusion Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach

Insert of Infusion Dev into Thor Aorta Desc, Perc Approach

Axis Breakdown

Every ICD-10-PCS code is exactly seven characters, one per axis. Each character's meaning is defined by its position in the code.

PositionValueMeaning
1
Section0

Medical and Surgical

2
Body System2

Heart and Great Vessels

3
Root OperationH

Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

4
Body PartW

Thoracic Aorta, Descending

5
Approach3

Percutaneous

6
Device3

Infusion Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

Same table and root operation, differing only in the body part character.

02HL33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach, 02HP33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Pulmonary Trunk, Percutaneous Approach, 02HQ33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 02HR33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 02HS33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Pulmonary Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 02HT33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Pulmonary Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 02HV33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Superior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach, 02HX33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Approach, +4 more

Same operation — other Approach

Same table and root operation, differing only in the approach character.

02HW03Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Open Approach, 02HW43Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

Same table and root operation, differing only in the device character.

02HW30Z — Insertion of Pressure Sensor Monitoring Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW32Z — Insertion of Monitoring Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW3DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW3RZ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW3YZ — Insertion of Other Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 02HW33Z in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

PCS table

  • 02H[PCS table]
  • [object Object] — Section: [object Object] [Section]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Body System: [object Object] [Body System]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Operation: [object Object] [Operation]: “[object Object]”

Nearest codes

  • 02H433Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Coronary Vein, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02H633Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Atrium, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02H733Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Atrium, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02HK33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02HL33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02HP33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Pulmonary Trunk, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02HQ33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02HR33Z — Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Pulmonary Artery, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2026 (April) baseline of the change ledger.