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04CN3Z6

Extirpation of Matter from Left Popliteal Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous 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:

  • 04CN3ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Popliteal Artery, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation of Matter from Left Popliteal Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

For example

  • Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy

4. Body Part Popliteal Artery, Left

Also covers

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

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
04C00Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, Open Approach Retired
04C00ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Open Approach Valid
04C03Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Approach Retired
04C03ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04C04Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Retired
04C04ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Abdominal Aorta, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04C10Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Bifurcation, Open Approach Retired
04C10ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Open Approach Valid
04C13Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Approach Retired
04C13ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04C14Z6 Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Bifurcation, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Retired
04C14ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Celiac Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid