ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0B Respiratory System › 0B7 Respiratory System, Dilation › 0B780ZZ
Dilation of Left Upper Lobe Bronchus, Open Approach
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 Dilation of Left Upper Lobe Bronchus, 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 Dilation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part
For example
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0B710DZ | Dilation of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B710ZZ | Dilation of Trachea, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B713DZ | Dilation of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0B713ZZ | Dilation of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0B714DZ | Dilation of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0B714ZZ | Dilation of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0B717DZ | Dilation of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0B717ZZ | Dilation of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0B718DZ | Dilation of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0B718ZZ | Dilation of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0B720DZ | Dilation of Carina with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B720ZZ | Dilation of Carina, Open Approach | Valid |