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06V00ZZ

Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava, Open 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 Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava, Open 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 Restriction

Partially 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

  • Esophagogastric fundoplication, cervical cerclage

4. Body Part Inferior Vena Cava

Also covers

  • Postcava
  • Right inferior phrenic vein
  • Right ovarian vein
  • Right second lumbar vein
  • Right suprarenal vein
  • Right testicular vein

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
06V00CZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06V00DZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06V03CZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06V03DZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06V03ZZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Approach Valid
06V04CZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06V04DZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06V04ZZ Restriction of Inferior Vena Cava, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
06V10CZ Restriction of Splenic Vein with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06V10DZ Restriction of Splenic Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
06V10ZZ Restriction of Splenic Vein, Open Approach Valid
06V13CZ Restriction of Splenic Vein with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid