ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 08 Eye › 08L Eye, Occlusion › 08LY7ZZ
Occlusion of Left Lacrimal Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Occlusion of Left Lacrimal Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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
4. Body Part Lacrimal Duct, Left
Also covers
- Lacrimal canaliculus
- Lacrimal punctum
- Lacrimal sac
- Nasolacrimal duct
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 08LX0CZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08LX0DZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08LX0ZZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08LX3CZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08LX3DZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08LX3ZZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08LX7DZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 08LX7ZZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 08LX8DZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 08LX8ZZ | Occlusion of Right Lacrimal Duct, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 08LY0CZ | Occlusion of Left Lacrimal Duct with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08LY0DZ | Occlusion of Left Lacrimal Duct with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |