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04N70ZZ

04N70ZZ: Release Left Colic Artery, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Release Left Colic Artery, Open Approach

How 04N70ZZ 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. 4Body systemWhich system it acts on
  3. NRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
  4. 7Body 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 04N70ZZ

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

  • 04N43ZZRelease Splenic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N44ZZRelease Splenic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 04N50ZZRelease Superior Mesenteric Artery, Open Approach
  • 04N53ZZRelease Superior Mesenteric Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N54ZZRelease Superior Mesenteric Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 04N60ZZRelease Right Colic Artery, Open Approach
  • 04N63ZZRelease Right Colic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N64ZZRelease Right Colic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 04N70ZZRelease Left Colic Artery, Open Approach
  • 04N73ZZRelease Left Colic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N74ZZRelease Left Colic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 04N80ZZRelease Middle Colic Artery, Open Approach
  • 04N83ZZRelease Middle Colic Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N84ZZRelease Middle Colic Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 04N90ZZRelease Right Renal Artery, Open Approach
  • 04N93ZZRelease Right Renal Artery, Percutaneous Approach
  • 04N94ZZRelease Right Renal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027