Dilation of Right Cephalic Vein with Cell Impermeable Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 11
New Technology·Cardiovascular System·Table X27·FY 2027
ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as X27D35B: Dilation of Right Cephalic Vein with Cell Impermeable Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 11. Table X27, part of Section X (New Technology) contains it. The procedure targets the Cardiovascular System body system. 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
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