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Inpatient Procedure Code

02PA0RZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Removal of Short-term External Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach

Removal of Ext Heart Assist from Heart, Open 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 OperationP

Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

4
Body PartA

Heart

5
Approach0

Open

6
DeviceR

Short-term External Heart Assist System

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

The MS-DRG grouper treats this as an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 2 MS-DRGs:

  • MDC 05 — Aortic and Heart Assist Procedures Except Pulsation Balloon: DRG 268, DRG 269

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual, Appendix E. Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Related Codes

Same operation — other Approach

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

02PA3RZ — Removal of Short-term External Heart Assist System from Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02PA4RZ — Removal of Short-term External Heart Assist System from Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

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

02PA0CZ — Removal of Extraluminal Device from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0DZ — Removal of Intraluminal Device from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0JZ — Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0KZ — Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0MZ — Removal of Cardiac Lead from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0NZ — Removal of Intracardiac Pacemaker from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0QZ — Removal of Implantable Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA0YZ — Removal of Other Device from Heart, Open Approach, +4 more

Same operation — other Qualifier

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

02PA0RS — Removal of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System from Heart, Open Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Heart assist device procedures (Cardiovascular Procedures); listed here are the members in other PCS tables. Source: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2025.

02HA0RZ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Open Approach, 02HA3QZ — Insertion of Implantable Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02HA3RJ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Intraoperative, Percutaneous Approach, 02HA3RS — Insertion of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02HA3RZ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02HA4QZ — Insertion of Implantable Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HA4RJ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Intraoperative, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HA4RS — Insertion of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HA4RZ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HW3RZ — Insertion of Short-term External Heart Assist System into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02RA0LZ — Replacement of Heart with Biologic and Synthetic Substitute, Autoregulated Electrohydraulic, Open Approach, 02RA0MZ — Replacement of Heart with Synthetic Substitute, Pneumatic, Open Approach, 02WA0QZ — Revision of Implantable Heart Assist System in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0RS — Revision of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0RZ — Revision of Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA3QZ — Revision of Implantable Heart Assist System in Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02WA3RS — Revision of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02WA3RZ — Revision of Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02WA4QZ — Revision of Implantable Heart Assist System in Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02WA4RS — Revision of Biventricular Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, +11 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 02PA0RZ 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.

Run 02PA0RZ with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MDC crossing · diagnoses (1844)

  • MDC 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • A36.81 — Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Diphtheritic cardiomyopathy — grouped in MDC 05, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A39.50 — Meningococcal carditis, unspecified[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningococcal carditis, unspecified — grouped in MDC 05, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A39.51 — Meningococcal endocarditis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningococcal endocarditis — grouped in MDC 05, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A39.52 — Meningococcal myocarditis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningococcal myocarditis — grouped in MDC 05, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A39.53 — Meningococcal pericarditis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningococcal pericarditis — grouped in MDC 05, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 1839 more

Nearest codes

Change history

No changes recorded for this code. This ledger tracks additions, deletions and description changes from FY2026 (April) onward. Note changes are not tracked.

Read from: CMS ICD-10-PCS code tables, index and definitions — FY2026 (April); CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43; AHRQ HCUP Clinical Classifications Software Refined for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR_v2026-1.zip) — v2026.1. All data sources · How to read the labels