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03QY0ZZ

Repair Upper 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 Repair Upper 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Upper Artery

Also covers

  • Aortic intercostal artery
  • Bronchial artery
  • Esophageal artery
  • Subcostal 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
03Q00ZZ Repair Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03Q03ZZ Repair Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03Q04ZZ Repair Right Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03Q10ZZ Repair Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach Valid
03Q13ZZ Repair Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03Q14ZZ Repair Left Internal Mammary Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03Q20ZZ Repair Innominate Artery, Open Approach Valid
03Q23ZZ Repair Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03Q24ZZ Repair Innominate Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03Q30ZZ Repair Right Subclavian Artery, Open Approach Valid
03Q33ZZ Repair Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03Q34ZZ Repair Right Subclavian Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid