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03CR0Z6

Extirpation of Matter from Face Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2017 to FY2019. In the code set FY2017 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 03CR0ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Face Artery, Open Approach stated for FY2019

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Extirpation of Matter from Face Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach
  2. FY2020 Removed from the code set

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 Face Artery

Also covers

  • Angular artery
  • Ascending palatine artery
  • External maxillary artery
  • Facial artery
  • Inferior labial artery
  • Submental artery
  • Superior labial artery

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

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CodeDescriptionStatus
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