Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction

Summary

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction in December 2007. In accordance with the Interventional Procedures Programme Process Guide, guidance on procedures with special arrangements are reviewed 3 years after publication and the procedure is reassessed if important new evidence is available.

The guidance was considered for reassessment in June 2011 and it was concluded that NICE will not be updating this guidance at this stage. However, if you believe there is new evidence which should warrant a review of our guidance, please contact us via the email address below.

Description

Right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction is the abnormal flow of blood between the heart and the lungs, often associated with a congenital abnormality. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation is an alternative to surgical valve repair or replacement. In this procedure, a catheter is inserted through the skin via a large vein in the groin and into the pulmonary artery. The replacement valve is implanted within a wire mesh, called a stent.

OPCS4.6 Code(s):

K35.7 Percutaneous transluminal pulmonary valve replacement

Y53.- Approach to organ under image control

Note: Codes within category Y53.- are used as secondary codes to classify interventions that are percutaneous and require some form of image control: if the method of image control is unspecified, Y53.9 Unspecified approach to organ under image control is assigned.

_{The NHS Classifications Service of NHS Connecting for Health is the central definitive source for clinical coding guidance and determines the coding standards associated with the classifications (OPCS-4 and ICD-10) to be used across the NHS.   The NHS Classifications Service and NICE work collaboratively to ensure the most appropriate classification codes are provided.  www.connectingforhealth.co.uk/clinicalcoding}

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	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: guidance	28 November 2007
	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: guidance (web format)	10 February 2011
	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: understanding NICE guidance	28 November 2007
	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: understanding NICE guidance (MS Word format)	28 November 2007
	IPG237 Mewnblannu falf pwlmonaidd newydd wedi'i llywio gan ddelweddau: deall canllawiau NICE (fformat MS Word)	24 July 2008
	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: quick reference guide	28 November 2007
	IPG237 Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction: consultee comments table	28 November 2007
	Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction (interventional procedures consultation)	26 June 2007
	Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction (interventional procedures overview)	26 June 2007