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ICD 10 Code 015L3ZZ

Destruction of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
“Destruction of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Perc Approach” for short

015L3ZZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Destruction of Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach. It is found in the 2025 version of the ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (PCS) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025.

Destruction involves:
Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent. None of the body part is physically taken out

Percutaneous approach involves:
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Destruction includes:

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve body part includes:

  • Cardiac plexus
  • Esophageal plexus
  • Greater splanchnic nerve
  • Inferior cardiac nerve
  • Least splanchnic nerve
  • Lesser splanchnic nerve
  • Middle cardiac nerve
  • Pulmonary plexus
  • Superior cardiac nerve
  • Thoracic aortic plexus
  • Thoracic ganglion
MS-DRG - Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group
  • MDC 01 Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
    Peripheral and Cranial Nerve and Other Nervous System Procedures
    • DRG 040 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 041 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITH CC OR PERIPHERAL NEUROSTIMULATOR
    • DRG 042 - PERIPHERAL, CRANIAL NERVE AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 05 Diseases & Disorders of the Circulatory System
    Other Circulatory O.R. Procedures
    • DRG 264 - OTHER CIRCULATORY SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 015L3ZZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System 1 Peripheral Nervous System
3: Root Operation 5 Destruction
4: Body Part L Thoracic Sympathetic Nerve
5: Approach 3 Percutaneous
6: Device Z No Device
7: Qualifier Z No Qualifier

See also

  • The ICD-10-PCS Index of common procedure terms.
  • Medical and Surgical terms in the ICD-10-PCS Definitions table. These definitions may also provide additional explanation and/or examples within this section.
  • The ICD-10-PCS Device Aggregation Table containing entries that correlate a specific ICD-10-PCS device value with a general device value to be used in tables containing only general device values.