ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 05 Upper Veins › 05D Upper Veins, Extraction › 05DC3ZZ
Extraction of Left Basilic Vein, Percutaneous Approach
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 Extraction of Left Basilic 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 Extraction
Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies
For example
- Dilation and curettage, vein stripping
4. Body Part Basilic Vein, Left
Also covers
- Median antebrachial vein
- Median cubital vein
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 05D90ZZ | Extraction of Right Brachial Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05D93ZZ | Extraction of Right Brachial Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 05DA0ZZ | Extraction of Left Brachial Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05DA3ZZ | Extraction of Left Brachial Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 05DB0ZZ | Extraction of Right Basilic Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05DB3ZZ | Extraction of Right Basilic Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 05DC0ZZ | Extraction of Left Basilic Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05DD0ZZ | Extraction of Right Cephalic Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05DD3ZZ | Extraction of Right Cephalic Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 05DF0ZZ | Extraction of Left Cephalic Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 05DF3ZZ | Extraction of Left Cephalic Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 05DG0ZZ | Extraction of Right Hand Vein, Open Approach | Valid |