ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 06 Lower Veins › 065 Lower Veins, Destruction › 065S0ZZ

065S0ZZ

Destruction of Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 065Q0ZZ Destruction of Left Saphenous Vein, Open Approach stated for FY2017

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 Destruction of Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

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
06500ZZ Destruction of Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06503ZZ Destruction of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06504ZZ Destruction of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06510ZZ Destruction of Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid
06513ZZ Destruction of Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06514ZZ Destruction of Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06520ZZ Destruction of Gastric Vein, Open Approach Valid
06523ZZ Destruction of Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06524ZZ Destruction of Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06530ZZ Destruction of Esophageal Vein, Open Approach Valid
06533ZZ Destruction of Esophageal Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06534ZZ Destruction of Esophageal Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid