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05CS3ZZ

Extirpation of Matter from Left Vertebral Vein, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation of Matter from Left Vertebral Vein, Percutaneous 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 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 Vertebral Vein, Left

Also covers

  • Deep cervical vein
  • Suboccipital venous plexus

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
05C00ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Azygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05C03ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05C04ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05C10ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05C13ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05C14ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05C30ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach Valid
05C33ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05C34ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05C40ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Innominate Vein, Open Approach Valid
05C43ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05C44ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid