What's the difference between an endobronchial stent and an endobronchial valve?

Question: I am doing ICD-10 AM coding classification and I can't find a code for placement of an endobronchial valve.

Answers:
A stent is placed in the narrowed area to enable reaonable flow without clotting etc, a valve is used to control flow to or from the lungs.

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A stint is placed inside the artery to reduce clogs, and a valve is actually connected to the heart and acts as a "coupling" for the artery and the heart. The valve is used for patients with a heart valve failure, where as a stint is used for people with clogged arteries.

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I think you can't find a code because an endobronchial valve doesn't exist. Ring up the scrub nurse in charge of that theatre and ask her what operation really happened.

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