ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 03 Upper Arteries › 035 Upper Arteries, Destruction › 035M0ZZ
Destruction of Right External Carotid Artery, Open Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Destruction of Right External Carotid Artery, Open 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
5. Approach Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |