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04740Z6

Dilation of Splenic Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2017 to FY2019. In the code set FY2017 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 04740ZZ Dilation of Splenic Artery, Open Approach stated for FY2019

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Dilation of Splenic Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach
  2. FY2020 Removed from the code set

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 Dilation

Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part

For example

  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy

4. Body Part Splenic Artery

Also covers

  • Left gastroepiploic artery
  • Pancreatic artery
  • Short gastric 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
0470041 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, using Drug-Coated Balloon, Open Approach Valid
0470046 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Retired
047004Z Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Drug-eluting Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0470056 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Retired
047005Z Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Valid
0470066 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Retired
047006Z Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Valid
0470076 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, with Four or More Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Retired
047007Z Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Four or More Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach Valid
04700D1 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Intraluminal Device, using Drug-Coated Balloon, Open Approach Valid
04700D6 Dilation of Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Retired
04700DZ Dilation of Abdominal Aorta with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid