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03N60ZZ

Release Left Axillary 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 Release Left Axillary 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 Release

Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force

Some of the restraining tissue may be taken out but none of the body part is taken out

For example

  • Adhesiolysis, carpal tunnel release

4. Body Part Axillary Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Anterior circumflex humeral artery
  • Lateral thoracic artery
  • Posterior circumflex humeral artery
  • Subscapular artery
  • Superior thoracic artery
  • Thoracoacromial artery

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
03N00ZZ Release Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03N03ZZ Release Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03N04ZZ Release Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03N10ZZ Release Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03N13ZZ Release Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03N14ZZ Release Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03N20ZZ Release Innominate Artery, Open Approach Valid
03N23ZZ Release Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03N24ZZ Release Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03N30ZZ Release Right Subclavian Artery, Open Approach Valid
03N33ZZ Release Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03N34ZZ Release Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid