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06HS33Z

Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous 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:

  • 06HQ33Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous 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 Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Lesser Saphenous Vein, Percutaneous 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

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

6. Device Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
06H003T Insertion of Infusion Device, Via Umbilical Vein, into Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06H003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06H00DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06H033T Insertion of Infusion Device, Via Umbilical Vein, into Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06H033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06H03DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06H043Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06H04DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06H103Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid
06H10DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid
06H133Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06H13DZ Insertion of Intraluminal Device into Splenic Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid