Need help choosing the right code?
Ask CasePilot about procedures, modifiers, bundling, and coding guidance.
Try CasePilot© Copyright 2026 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
| Short Descr | REPLACE AORTIC VALVE TTHORAC | Medium Descr | REPLACE AORTIC VALVE OPEN TRANSTHORACIC APPROACH | Long Descr | Implantation of catheter-delivered prosthetic aortic heart valve, open thoracic approach, (eg, transapical, other than transaortic) | Status Code | Carriers Price the Code | Global Days | YYY - Carrier Determines Whether Global Concept Applies | PC/TC Indicator (26, TC) | 0 - Physician Service Code | Multiple Procedures (51) | 2 - Standard payment adjustment rules for multiple procedures apply. | Bilateral Surgery (50) | 0 - 150% payment adjustment for bilateral procedures does NOT apply. | Physician Supervisions | 09 - Concept does not apply. | Assistant Surgeon (80, 82) | 0 - Payment restriction for assistants at surgery applies to this procedure... | Co-Surgeons (62) | 2 - Co-surgeons permitted and no documentation required if the two- specialty requirement is met. | Team Surgery (66) | 1 - Team surgeons could be paid, though... | Diagnostic Imaging Family | 99 - Concept Does Not Apply | APC Status Indicator | Inpatient Procedures, not paid under OPPS | Type of Service (TOS) | 2 - Surgery | Berenson-Eggers TOS (BETOS) | none | MUE | Not applicable/unspecified. | CCS Clinical Classification | 43 - Heart valve procedures |
|
Date
|
Action
|
Notes
|
|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-01 | Deleted | Code deleted, see 33366 |
| 2013-01-01 | Added | First appearance in codebook. |
| 2013-01-01 | Changed | Guideline information changed. |
| 2012-01-01 | Added | Added |
Get instant expert-level medical coding assistance.