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Inpatient Procedure Code

02PAX3Z ICD-10-PCS Code: Removal of Infusion Device from Heart, External 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
ApproachX

External

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.

02PYX3Z — Removal of Infusion Device from Great Vessel, External Approach

Same operation — other Approach

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

02PA03Z — Removal of Infusion Device from Heart, Open Approach, 02PA33Z — Removal of Infusion Device from Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02PA43Z — Removal of Infusion Device from Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

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

02PAX2Z — Removal of Monitoring Device from Heart, External Approach, 02PAXDZ — Removal of Intraluminal Device from Heart, External Approach, 02PAXMZ — Removal of Cardiac Lead from Heart, External Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Cardiovascular device procedures, NEC (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.

02HV4YZ — Insertion of Other Device into Superior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HW0DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Open Approach, 02HW0YZ — Insertion of Other Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Open Approach, 02HW3DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW3YZ — Insertion of Other Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Approach, 02HW4DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HW4YZ — Insertion of Other Device into Thoracic Aorta, Descending, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02HX0DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Open Approach, 02HX3DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Approach, 02HX4DZ — Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02W50JZ — Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Atrial Septum, Open Approach, 02W54JZ — Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Atrial Septum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 02WA07Z — Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA08Z — Revision of Zooplastic Tissue in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0CZ — Revision of Extraluminal Device in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0DZ — Revision of Intraluminal Device in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0JZ — Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0KZ — Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA0YZ — Revision of Other Device in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA37Z — Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Heart, Percutaneous Approach, +536 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 02PAX3Z 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

Clinical classification (CCSR)

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