The patient received his first pacing system 15 years earlier because of congenital complete heart block and severe bradycardia. At the time of admission, he was experiencing these conditions again, plus fatigue secondary to pacemaker pulse generator breakdown. He was admitted for insertion of a new generator. After he was prepped for surgery, the old pacemaker was removed via an open incision into the subcutaneous pocket, and a new dual chamber pacing device was inserted and connected to the existing leads. The postoperative period was uncomplicated. Discharge diagnosis: Malfunctioning pacemaker. Choose from these codes – you must sequence the PDx correctly. Q24.6E Q24.8E Q24.9E R00.0Y R00.1Y R00.2Y: T82.110A Y T82.111A Y T82.119A Y PDx code with POA 2 Secondary Diagnosis with POA: 2 ICD-10 procedure codes: 0JPT0PZ 0JPT3PZ 0JH606Z 0JH626Z
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