018L0ZZ
018L0ZZ — Division of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Division of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
How 018L0ZZ is built
Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.
- 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
- 1Body systemWhich system it acts on
- 8Root operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- LBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 018L0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 018G3ZZDivision of Tibial Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018G4ZZDivision of Tibial Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 018H0ZZDivision of Peroneal Nerve, Open Approach
- 018H3ZZDivision of Peroneal Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018H4ZZDivision of Peroneal Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 018K0ZZDivision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
- 018K3ZZDivision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018K4ZZDivision of Head and Neck Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 018L0ZZDivision of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
- 018L3ZZDivision of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018L4ZZDivision of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 018M0ZZDivision of Abdominal Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
- 018M3ZZDivision of Abdominal Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018M4ZZDivision of Abdominal Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 018N0ZZDivision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Open Approach
- 018N3ZZDivision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
- 018N4ZZDivision of Lumbar Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach