03BQ0ZZ
03BQ0ZZ — Excision of Left Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Excision of Left Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
How 03BQ0ZZ 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
- 3Body systemWhich system it acts on
- BRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
- QBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 03BQ0ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 03BN4ZZExcision of Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03BP0ZXExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BP0ZZExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
- 03BP3ZXExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BP3ZZExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03BP4ZXExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BP4ZZExcision of Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03BQ0ZXExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BQ0ZZExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
- 03BQ3ZXExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BQ3ZZExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 03BQ4ZXExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BQ4ZZExcision of Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 03BR0ZXExcision of Face Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BR0ZZExcision of Face Artery, Open Approach
- 03BR3ZXExcision of Face Artery, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
- 03BR3ZZExcision of Face Artery, Percutaneous Approach