ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 03 Upper Arteries › 03L Upper Arteries, Occlusion › 03LJ3ZZ
Occlusion of Left Common Carotid Artery, 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 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 Occlusion of Left Common Carotid Artery, 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 Occlusion
Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice
For example
- Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 03L00CZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03L00DZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03L00ZZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03L03CZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 03L03DZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 03L03ZZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 03L04CZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 03L04DZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 03L04ZZ | Occlusion of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 03L10CZ | Occlusion of Left Internal Mammary Artery with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03L10DZ | Occlusion of Left Internal Mammary Artery with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 03L10ZZ | Occlusion of Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach | Valid |