ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 04 Lower Arteries › 045 Lower Arteries, Destruction › 045N0ZZ

045N0ZZ

Destruction of Left Popliteal 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 Destruction of Left Popliteal 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Popliteal Artery, Left

Also covers

  • Inferior genicular artery
  • Middle genicular artery
  • Superior genicular artery
  • Sural artery
  • Tibioperoneal trunk

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
04500ZZ Destruction of Abdominal Aorta, Open Approach Valid
04503ZZ Destruction of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04504ZZ Destruction of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04510ZZ Destruction of Celiac Artery, Open Approach Valid
04513ZZ Destruction of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04514ZZ Destruction of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04520ZZ Destruction of Gastric Artery, Open Approach Valid
04523ZZ Destruction of Gastric Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04524ZZ Destruction of Gastric Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04530ZZ Destruction of Hepatic Artery, Open Approach Valid
04533ZZ Destruction of Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04534ZZ Destruction of Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid