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03QN0ZZ

03QN0ZZ — Repair Left External Carotid Artery, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Repair Left External Carotid Artery, Open Approach

How 03QN0ZZ 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.

  1. 0SectionMedical and Surgical — What family of procedure this is
  2. 3Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. QRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. NBody partThe specific site
  5. 0ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 03QN0ZZ

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two — usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • 03QK3ZZRepair Right Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QK4ZZRepair Right Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 03QL0ZZRepair Left Internal Carotid Artery, Open Approach
  • 03QL3ZZRepair Left Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QL4ZZRepair Left Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 03QM0ZZRepair Right External Carotid Artery, Open Approach
  • 03QM3ZZRepair Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QM4ZZRepair Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 03QN0ZZRepair Left External Carotid Artery, Open Approach
  • 03QN3ZZRepair Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QN4ZZRepair Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 03QP0ZZRepair Right Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
  • 03QP3ZZRepair Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QP4ZZRepair Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 03QQ0ZZRepair Left Vertebral Artery, Open Approach
  • 03QQ3ZZRepair Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 03QQ4ZZRepair Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027