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04PY47Z

Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

4. Body Part Lower Artery

Also covers

  • Umbilical artery

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
04PY00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY02Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY03Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY0CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY0DZ Removal of Intraluminal Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY0YZ Removal of Other Device from Lower Artery, Open Approach Valid
04PY30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04PY32Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Lower Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04PY33Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lower Artery, Percutaneous Approach Valid