Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 037A3ZZ

Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery, Percutaneous Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
037A3ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery, Percutaneous Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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037A3ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of dilation of left ulnar artery, percutaneous approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

037A3ZZ PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the upper arteries body system, classified under dilation operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is ulnar artery, left.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System 3 Upper Arteries
3 Operation 7 Dilation

Involves:
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

Explanation:
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

Includes:
  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
4 BodyPart A Ulnar Artery, Left Includes:
  • Anterior ulnar recurrent artery
  • Common interosseous artery
  • Posterior ulnar recurrent artery
5 Approach 3 Percutaneous

Involves:
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier Z No Qualifier

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Replaced Code

037A3ZZ was replaced in the 2024 ICD-10-PCS code set with the code(s):

  • 037A3Z1 - Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery using Drug Blln, Perc Approach
  • 037A3Z1 - Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery using Drug Blln, Perc Approach
  • 037A3Z1 - Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery using Drug Blln, Perc Approach
  • 037A3Z1 - Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery using Drug Blln, Perc Approach
  • 037A3Z1 - Dilation of Left Ulnar Artery using Drug Blln, Perc Approach

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Dilation Ulnar Artery, Left

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.