Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 03PY0KZ

Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Artery, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
03PY0KZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Removal of Nonaut Sub from Up Art, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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03PY0KZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of removal of nonautologous tissue substitute from upper artery, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

03PY0KZ 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 removal operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is upper artery.

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

Involves:
Taking out or off a device from a body part

Explanation:
If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

Includes:
  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
4 BodyPart Y Upper Artery Includes:
  • Aortic intercostal artery
  • Bronchial artery
  • Esophageal artery
  • Subcostal artery
5 Approach 0 Open

Involves:
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6 Device K Nonautologous Tissue Substitute Includes:
  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • MIRODERM(tm) Biologic Wound Matrix
  • Tissue bank graft
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.

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Removal Upper Artery

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.