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ICD 10 Code 037N06Z

Dilation of Left External Carotid Artery with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open Approach
“Dilation of L Ext Carotid with 3 Drug-elut, Open Approach” for short

037N06Z is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Dilation of Left External Carotid Artery with Three Drug-eluting Intraluminal Devices, Open 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.

Dilation involves:
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part. The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part

Open approach involves:
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Dilation includes:

  • Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy

External Carotid Artery, Left body part includes:

  • Ascending pharyngeal artery
  • Internal maxillary artery
  • Lingual artery
  • Maxillary artery
  • Occipital artery
  • Posterior auricular artery
  • Superior thyroid artery
MS-DRG - Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Related Group
  • MDC 01 Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
    Carotid Artery Stent Procedures
    • DRG 034 - CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURE WITH MCC
    • DRG 035 - CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURE WITH CC
    • DRG 036 - CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURE WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 05 Diseases & Disorders of the Circulatory System
    Other Vascular Procedures
    • DRG 252 - OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 253 - OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 254 - OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 037N06Z — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System 3 Upper Arteries
3: Root Operation 7 Dilation
4: Body Part N External Carotid Artery, Left
5: Approach 0 Open
6: Device 6 Intraluminal Device, Drug-eluting, Three
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.