X27U3NCBillable procedure code

Dilation of Left Peroneal Artery with Intraluminal Device(s), Small-diameter, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 12

New Technology·Cardiovascular System·Table X27·FY 2027

Dilation of Left Peroneal Artery with Intraluminal Device(s), Small-diameter, Percutaneous Approach, New Technology Group 12 corresponds to ICD-10-PCS code X27U3NC, found in table X27, part of Section X (New Technology). It applies to the Cardiovascular System 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

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