ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 04 Lower Arteries › 04B Lower Arteries, Excision › 04BF0ZX
Excision of Left Internal Iliac Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Excision of Left Internal Iliac Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic
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 Excision
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies
For example
- Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy
4. Body Part Internal Iliac Artery, Left
Also covers
- Deferential artery
- Hypogastric artery
- Iliolumbar artery
- Inferior gluteal artery
- Inferior vesical artery
- Internal pudendal artery
- Lateral sacral artery
- Middle rectal 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 04B00ZX | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Open Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B00ZZ | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Open Approach | Valid |
| 04B03ZX | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B03ZZ | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 04B04ZX | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B04ZZ | Excision of Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 04B10ZX | Excision of Celiac Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B10ZZ | Excision of Celiac Artery, Open Approach | Valid |
| 04B13ZX | Excision of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B13ZZ | Excision of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 04B14ZX | Excision of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 04B14ZZ | Excision of Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |