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03LN3DZ

Occlusion of Left External Carotid Artery with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous 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 Occlusion of Left External Carotid Artery with Intraluminal Device, 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

4. Body Part External Carotid Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Ascending pharyngeal artery
  • Internal maxillary artery
  • Lingual artery
  • Maxillary artery
  • Occipital artery
  • Posterior auricular artery
  • Superior thyroid artery

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

6. Device Intraluminal Device

For example

  • Absolute Pro Vascular (OTW) Self-Expanding Stent System
  • Acculink (RX) Carotid Stent System
  • AFX(R) Endovascular AAA System
  • AneuRx(R) AAA Advantage(R)
  • Assurant (Cobalt) stent
  • Carotid WALLSTENT(R) Monorail(R) Endoprosthesis
  • CoAxia NeuroFlo catheter
  • Colonic Z-Stent(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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