Dilation of Upper Artery with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach
Medical and Surgical·Upper Arteries·Table 037·FY 2027
Dilation of Upper Artery with Two Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 037Y05Z, 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 Open.
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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
Open: approach
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure