When coding sequence 7800 PCI status, the patient condition drives the selection of the status by meeting the definition. The status is determined at the time the operator decides to perform a PCI that meets the data definition. Selections include elective or urgent. To code elective, the PCI procedure could be performed on an outpatient basis or during a subsequent hospitalization without significant risk of infarction or death. For stable patients, the procedure is being performed during this hospitalization for convenience and ease of scheduling and not because the patient's clinical situation demands the procedure prior to discharge. If the diagnostic path was elective and there were no complications, the PCI would also be elective. To code urgent, the PCI procedure should be performed on an inpatient basis and prior to discharge because of significant concerns that there is risk of ischemia, infarction or death. Patients who are outpatients or in the emergency department at the time that the cardiac catheterization is requested would warrant an admission based on their clinical presentation.

PCI status

elective procedure

urgent procedure

patient condition

cardiac catheterization