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Inpatient Procedure Code

02WAXMZICD-10-PCS Code: Revision of Cardiac Lead in 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 OperationW

Revision

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

4
Body PartA

Heart

5
ApproachX

External

6
DeviceM

Cardiac Lead

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Approach

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

02WA0MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Open Approach, 02WA3MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Percutaneous Approach, 02WA4MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

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

02WAX8Z — Revision of Zooplastic Tissue in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXCZ — Revision of Extraluminal Device in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXDZ — Revision of Intraluminal Device in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXJZ — Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXKZ — Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXNZ — Revision of Intracardiac Pacemaker in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXQZ — Revision of Implantable Heart Assist System in Heart, External Approach, 02WAXRZ — Revision of Short-term External Heart Assist System in Heart, External Approach, +3 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 02WAXMZ 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

  • 02W[PCS table]
  • Medical and Surgical — Section: Medical and Surgical [Section]: “Medical and Surgical”
  • Heart and Great Vessels — Body System: Heart and Great Vessels [Body System]: “Heart and Great Vessels”
  • Revision — Operation: Revision [Operation]: “Revision”

Nearest codes

  • 02WA0MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WA3MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Percutaneous Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WA4MZ — Revision of Cardiac Lead in Heart, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WAX2Z — Revision of Monitoring Device in Heart, External Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WAX3Z — Revision of Infusion Device in Heart, External Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WAX7Z — Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Heart, External Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WAX8Z — Revision of Zooplastic Tissue in Heart, External Approach [One axis away]
  • 02WAXCZ — Revision of Extraluminal Device in Heart, External Approach [One axis away]

Change history

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