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03U83JZ

Supplement Left Brachial Artery with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement Left Brachial Artery with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Brachial Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Inferior ulnar collateral artery
  • Profunda brachii
  • Superior ulnar collateral 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 Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
03U007Z Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
03U00JZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
03U00KZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
03U037Z Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03U03JZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03U03KZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
03U047Z Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03U04JZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03U04KZ Supplement Right Internal Mammary Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
03U107Z Supplement Left Internal Mammary Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
03U10JZ Supplement Left Internal Mammary Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
03U10KZ Supplement Left Internal Mammary Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid