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005Y3Z3

Destruction of Lumbar Spinal Cord using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2023 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

  1. FY2023 Added to the code set Destruction of Lumbar Spinal Cord using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Lumbar Spinal Cord

Also covers

  • Cauda equina
  • Conus medullaris
  • Dorsal root ganglion

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00500Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
00500ZZ Destruction of Brain, Open Approach Valid
00503Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00503Z4 Destruction of Brain using Stereoelectroencephalographic Radiofrequency Ablation, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00503ZZ Destruction of Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00504Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00504ZZ Destruction of Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00510ZZ Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach Valid
00513ZZ Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00514ZZ Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00520ZZ Destruction of Dura Mater, Open Approach Valid
00523ZZ Destruction of Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach Valid