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025X3ZZ

Destruction of Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2017 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Destruction of Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch, 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 Thoracic Aorta, Ascending/Arch

Also covers

  • Aortic arch
  • Aortic isthmus
  • Aortic root
  • Ascending aorta
  • Juxtaductal aorta

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
02540ZZ Destruction of Coronary Vein, Open Approach Valid
02543ZZ Destruction of Coronary Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02544ZZ Destruction of Coronary Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02550ZZ Destruction of Atrial Septum, Open Approach Valid
02553ZZ Destruction of Atrial Septum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02554ZZ Destruction of Atrial Septum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02560ZZ Destruction of Right Atrium, Open Approach Valid
02563ZZ Destruction of Right Atrium, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02564ZZ Destruction of Right Atrium, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02570ZK Destruction of Left Atrial Appendage, Open Approach Valid
02570ZZ Destruction of Left Atrium, Open Approach Valid
02573ZK Destruction of Left Atrial Appendage, Percutaneous Approach Valid