ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 06 Lower Veins › 06D Lower Veins, Extraction › 06DY4ZZ
Extraction of Lower Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Lower Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 06DM0ZZ | Extraction of Right Femoral Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 06DM3ZZ | Extraction of Right Femoral Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 06DM4ZZ | Extraction of Right Femoral Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 06DN0ZZ | Extraction of Left Femoral Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 06DN3ZZ | Extraction of Left Femoral Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 06DN4ZZ | Extraction of Left Femoral Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 06DP0ZZ | Extraction of Right Saphenous Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 06DP3ZZ | Extraction of Right Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 06DP4ZZ | Extraction of Right Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 06DQ0ZZ | Extraction of Left Saphenous Vein, Open Approach | Valid |
| 06DQ3ZZ | Extraction of Left Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 06DQ4ZZ | Extraction of Left Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |