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06L73CZ

Occlusion of Colic Vein with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous 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 Colic Vein with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous 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

4. Body Part Colic Vein

Also covers

  • Ileocolic vein
  • Left colic vein
  • Middle colic vein
  • Right colic vein

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 Extraluminal Device

For example

  • AtriClip LAA Exclusion System
  • LAP-BAND(R) adjustable gastric banding system
  • REALIZE(R) Adjustable Gastric Band

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
06L00CZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06L00DZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06L00ZZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava, Open Approach Valid
06L03CZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06L03DZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06L03ZZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06L04CZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06L04DZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06L04ZZ Occlusion of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06L10CZ Occlusion of Splenic Vein with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06L10DZ Occlusion of Splenic Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06L10ZZ Occlusion of Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid