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06US47Z

Supplement Left Lesser Saphenous Vein with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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:

  • 06UQ47Z Supplement Left Saphenous Vein with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement Left Lesser Saphenous Vein with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

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 Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
06U007Z Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
06U00JZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
06U00KZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
06U037Z Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06U03JZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06U03KZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06U047Z Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06U04JZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06U04KZ Supplement Inferior Vena Cava with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06U107Z Supplement Splenic Vein with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
06U10JZ Supplement Splenic Vein with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
06U10KZ Supplement Splenic Vein with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid