Dilation of Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Approach
Medical and Surgical·Lower Veins·Table 067·FY 2027
Dilation of Gastric Vein, Percutaneous Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 06723ZZ, found in table 067, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical). It applies to the Lower Veins 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