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ICD 10 Code 03LM4BZ

Occlusion of Right External Carotid Artery with Bioactive Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
“Occlusion R Ext Carotid w Bioact Intralum, Perc Endo” for short

03LM4BZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Occlusion of Right External Carotid Artery with Bioactive Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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.

Occlusion involves:
Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part. The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

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

Occlusion includes:

  • Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava

External Carotid Artery, Right 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
    Intracranial Vascular Procedures with PDX Hemorrhage
    • DRG 020 - INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PDX HEMORRHAGE WITH MCC
    • DRG 021 - INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PDX HEMORRHAGE WITH CC
    • DRG 022 - INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH PDX HEMORRHAGE WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 01 Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
    Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex CNS PDX
    • DRG 023 - CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PDX WITH MCC OR CHEMOTHERAPY IMPLANT OR EPILEPSY WITH NEUROSTIMULATOR
    • DRG 024 - CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PDX WITHOUT MCC
  • MDC 01 Diseases & Disorders of the Nervous System
    Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures
    • DRG 025 - CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 026 - CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 027 - CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 05 Diseases & Disorders of the Circulatory System
    Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures
    • DRG 270 - OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 271 - OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 272 - OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 11 Diseases & Disorders of the Kidney & Urinary Tract
    Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures
    • DRG 673 - OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT PROCEDURES WITH MCC
    • DRG 674 - OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT PROCEDURES WITH CC
    • DRG 675 - OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 21 Injuries, Poisonings & Toxic Effects of Drugs
    Other O.R. Procedures for Injuries
    • DRG 907 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH MCC
    • DRG 908 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITH CC
    • DRG 909 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC
  • MDC 24 Multiple Significant Trauma
    Other Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
    • DRG 957 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH MCC
    • DRG 958 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITH CC
    • DRG 959 - OTHER O.R. PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA WITHOUT CC/MCC

ICD-10-PCS code structure for 03LM4BZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System 3 Upper Arteries
3: Root Operation L Occlusion
4: Body Part M External Carotid Artery, Right
5: Approach 4 Percutaneous Endoscopic
6: Device B Intraluminal Device, Bioactive
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.