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05LM0ZZ

Occlusion of Right Internal Jugular Vein, Open 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 Occlusion of Right Internal Jugular Vein, Open 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 Occlusion

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

For example

  • Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
05L00CZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
05L00DZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
05L00ZZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05L03CZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05L03DZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05L03ZZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05L04CZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05L04DZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05L04ZZ Occlusion of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05L10CZ Occlusion of Hemiazygos Vein with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
05L10DZ Occlusion of Hemiazygos Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
05L10ZZ Occlusion of Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach Valid