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05QA0ZZ

Repair Left Brachial 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 Repair Left Brachial 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Brachial Vein, Left

Also covers

  • Radial vein
  • Ulnar vein

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
05Q00ZZ Repair Azygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05Q03ZZ Repair Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05Q04ZZ Repair Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05Q10ZZ Repair Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach Valid
05Q13ZZ Repair Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05Q14ZZ Repair Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05Q30ZZ Repair Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach Valid
05Q33ZZ Repair Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05Q34ZZ Repair Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
05Q40ZZ Repair Left Innominate Vein, Open Approach Valid
05Q43ZZ Repair Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
05Q44ZZ Repair Left Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid