2007 ICD-9-CM Procedure 35.53 Repair of ventricular septal defect with prosthesis, open technique 35.53 is a specific code that can be used to specify a procedure 35.53 contains 3 index entries View the full Volume 3 35.* hierarchy 35.53 also known as: Correction of ventricular septal defect with prosthesis Repair of supracristal defect with prosthesis 35.53 excludes: that associated with repair of: endocardial cushion defect (35.54) ventricular defect associated with valvular and atrial septal defects (35.54) Index entries containing 35.53: Repair heart 37.49 septum 35.70 ventricular 35.72 with prosthesis (open heart technique) 35.53 closed heart technique 35.55 supracristal defect (heart) 35.72 with prosthesis (open heart technique) 35.53 closed heart technique 35.55 ventricular septal defect 35.72 with prosthesis (open heart technique) 35.53 closed heart technique 35.55 in total repair of tetralogy of Fallot 35.81