06770DZBillable procedure code

Dilation of Colic Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach

Medical and Surgical·Lower Veins·Table 067·FY 2027

Dilation of Colic Vein with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code 06770DZ, 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 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