ICD-10-PCS › 3 Administration › 3E Physiological Systems and... › 3E0 Administration, Physiological... › 3E0606Z
Introduction of Nutritional Substance into Central Artery, 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 Introduction of Nutritional Substance into Central Artery, 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 Introduction
Putting in or on a therapeutic, diagnostic, nutritional, physiological, or prophylactic substance except blood or blood products
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3E00X05 | Introduction of Other Antineoplastic into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00X0M | Introduction of Antineoplastic, Monoclonal Antibody, into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00X28 | Introduction of Oxazolidinones into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00X29 | Introduction of Other Anti-infective into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00X3Z | Introduction of Anti-inflammatory into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00X4Z | Introduction of Serum, Toxoid and Vaccine into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XBZ | Introduction of Anesthetic Agent into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XGC | Introduction of Other Therapeutic Substance into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XGF | Introduction of Other Enzymatic/Chemical Agent into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XKZ | Introduction of Other Diagnostic Substance into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XMZ | Introduction of Pigment into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |
| 3E00XNZ | Introduction of Analgesics, Hypnotics, Sedatives into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach | Valid |