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04UY4JZ

Supplement Lower Artery with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement Lower Artery with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

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 Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
04U007Z Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
04U00JZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
04U00KZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
04U037Z Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04U03JZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04U03KZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04U03LZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Intraluminal Device, Endovascular Anchors, Percutaneous Approach Valid
04U047Z Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04U04JZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04U04KZ Supplement Abdominal Aorta with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
04U107Z Supplement Celiac Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
04U10JZ Supplement Celiac Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid