Dilation of Right External Carotid Artery with Three Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach
Medical and Surgical·Upper Arteries·Table 037·FY 2027
Dilation of Right External Carotid Artery with Three Intraluminal Devices, Percutaneous Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 037M3FZ, found in table 037, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). It applies to the Upper Arteries body system. Its root operation is Dilation. The approach used is Percutaneous.
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What the code means
Dilation: root operation
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
Includes: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
Percutaneous: approach
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