ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 03 Upper Arteries › 035 Upper Arteries, Destruction › 03544ZZ

03544ZZ

Destruction of Left Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Destruction of Left Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Subclavian Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Costocervical trunk
  • Dorsal scapular artery
  • Internal thoracic artery

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
03500ZZ Destruction of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03503ZZ Destruction of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03504ZZ Destruction of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03510ZZ Destruction of Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03513ZZ Destruction of Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03514ZZ Destruction of Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03520ZZ Destruction of Innominate Artery, Open Approach Valid
03523ZZ Destruction of Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03524ZZ Destruction of Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03530ZZ Destruction of Right Subclavian Artery, Open Approach Valid
03533ZZ Destruction of Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03534ZZ Destruction of Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid