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 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis V43.21
Heart replaced by heart assist deviceThis code may be outdated. View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM V43.21 - Small pumps, often implantable, designed for temporarily assisting the heart, usually the left ventricle, to pump blood; they consist of a pumping chamber and a power source, which may be partially or totally external to the body and activated by electromagnetic motors; the devices are used after myocardial infarction or to wean the repaired heart from the heart-lung machine after open-heart surgery.
- V43.21 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- V43.21 contains 2 index entries
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Index entries containing V43.21:- Replacement by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of (see also Fitting (of))
- heart
- with
- assist device
 V43.21
Status (post)- organ replacement
- by artificial or mechanical device or prosthesis of
- heart
- assist device V43.21
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