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03H203Z

Insertion of Infusion Device into Innominate Artery, Open 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 Insertion of Infusion Device into Innominate 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Innominate Artery

Also covers

  • Brachiocephalic artery
  • Brachiocephalic trunk

5. Approach Open

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

6. Device Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
03H003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03H00DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03H033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03H03DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03H043Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03H04DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03H103Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03H10DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03H133Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03H13DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03H143Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03H14DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid