04550ZZ
04550ZZ: Destruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Destruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery, Open Approach
How 04550ZZ 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
- 4Body systemWhich system it acts on
- 5Root operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
- 5Body partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 04550ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.
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- 04524ZZDestruction of Gastric Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 04530ZZDestruction of Hepatic Artery, Open Approach
- 04533ZZDestruction of Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 04534ZZDestruction of Hepatic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 04540ZZDestruction of Splenic Artery, Open Approach
- 04543ZZDestruction of Splenic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 04544ZZDestruction of Splenic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 04550ZZDestruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery, Open Approach
- 04553ZZDestruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 04554ZZDestruction of Superior Mesenteric Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 04560ZZDestruction of Right Colic Artery, Open Approach
- 04563ZZDestruction of Right Colic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 04564ZZDestruction of Right Colic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 04570ZZDestruction of Left Colic Artery, Open Approach
- 04573ZZDestruction of Left Colic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
- 04574ZZDestruction of Left Colic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach