ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 07 Lymphatic and Hemic Systems › 075 Lymphatic and Hemic Systems, Destruction › 075K4ZZ

075K4ZZ

Destruction of Thoracic Duct, 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 Destruction of Thoracic Duct, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Thoracic Duct

Also covers

  • Left jugular trunk
  • Left subclavian trunk

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
07500ZZ Destruction of Head Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07503ZZ Destruction of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07504ZZ Destruction of Head Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07510ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07513ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07514ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07520ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07523ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07524ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
07530ZZ Destruction of Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Open Approach Valid
07533ZZ Destruction of Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Approach Valid
07534ZZ Destruction of Right Upper Extremity Lymphatic, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid