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018L3ZZ

Division of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Division of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve

Also covers

  • Cardiac plexus
  • Esophageal plexus
  • Greater splanchnic nerve
  • Inferior cardiac nerve
  • Least splanchnic nerve
  • Lesser splanchnic nerve
  • Middle cardiac nerve
  • Pulmonary plexus

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
01800ZZ Division of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01803ZZ Division of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01804ZZ Division of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01810ZZ Division of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01813ZZ Division of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01814ZZ Division of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01820ZZ Division of Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01823ZZ Division of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01824ZZ Division of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01830ZZ Division of Brachial Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01833ZZ Division of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01834ZZ Division of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid