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06PY4JZ

Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Lower Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Removal of Synthetic Substitute from 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
06PY00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY02Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY03Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY0CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY0DZ Removal of Intraluminal Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY0YZ Removal of Other Device from Lower Vein, Open Approach Valid
06PY30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lower Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06PY32Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Lower Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06PY33Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lower Vein, Percutaneous Approach Valid