05500ZZ
05500ZZ: Destruction of Azygos Vein, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Destruction of Azygos Vein, Open Approach
How 05500ZZ 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
- 5Body systemWhich system it acts on
- 5Root operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
- 0Body partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 05500ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 051V0ZYBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein, Open Approach
- 051V47YBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 051V49YBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein with Autologous Venous Tissue, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 051V4AYBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein with Autologous Arterial Tissue, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 051V4JYBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 051V4KYBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 051V4ZYBypass Left Face Vein to Upper Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 05500ZZDestruction of Azygos Vein, Open Approach
- 05503ZZDestruction of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach
- 05504ZZDestruction of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 05510ZZDestruction of Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach
- 05513ZZDestruction of Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach
- 05514ZZDestruction of Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 05530ZZDestruction of Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach
- 05533ZZDestruction of Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach
- 05534ZZDestruction of Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach