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06LS0ZZ

Occlusion 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:

  • 06LQ0ZZ Occlusion 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 Occlusion 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 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

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
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