Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 03VQ0BZ

Restriction of Left Vertebral Artery with Bioactive Intraluminal Device, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
03VQ0BZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Restrict of L Verteb Art with Bioact Intralum, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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03VQ0BZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of restriction of left vertebral artery with bioactive intraluminal device, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

03VQ0BZ 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 restriction operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is vertebral artery, left.

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

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

Explanation:
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

Includes:
  • Esophagogastric fundoplication, cervical cerclage
4 BodyPart Q Vertebral Artery, Left Includes:
  • Anterior spinal artery
  • Posterior spinal 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 B Intraluminal Device, Bioactive
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

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Restriction Vertebral 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.