Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

PCI

clinical

Updated 5/16/2026

Definition

A minimally invasive cardiac procedure used to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries, typically involving balloon angioplasty and stent placement. In claims and EHR systems, PCI is captured via ICD-10-PCS and CPT procedure codes and is a key metric in cardiac quality reporting and episode-of-care payment models.

Standard Abbreviation

PCI

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  pci VARCHAR(100),  -- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  pci as percutaneous_coronary_intervention
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

Risk stratification and population health analytics
CMS-HCC risk adjustment and RAF score calculation
Quality measure attribution and HEDIS reporting
Clinical data warehouse schema design
Value-based care contract performance tracking

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
pci

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  pci          VARCHAR(100),  -- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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