ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 03 Upper Arteries › 03C Upper Arteries, Extirpation › 03CG3Z7
Extirpation of Matter from Intracranial Artery using Stent Retriever, Percutaneous 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 2019 to now.
- FY2019 Added to the code set Extirpation of Matter from Intracranial Artery using Stent Retriever, 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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
4. Body Part Intracranial Artery
Also covers
- Anterior cerebral artery
- Anterior choroidal artery
- Anterior communicating artery
- Basilar artery
- Circle of Willis
- Internal carotid artery, intracranial portion
- Middle cerebral artery
- Middle meningeal artery, intracranial portion
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 03C00Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach | Retired |
| 03C00ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03C03Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Approach | Retired |
| 03C03ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 03C04Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Retired |
| 03C04ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 03C10Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach | Retired |
| 03C10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03C13Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Approach | Retired |
| 03C13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 03C14Z6 | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Retired |
| 03C14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |