Dilation of Right External Jugular Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach
Medical and Surgical·Upper Veins·Table 057·FY 2027
Dilation of Right External Jugular Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 057P0DZ, found in table 057, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). It applies to the Upper Veins 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