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ICD 10 Code 03RU4KZ

Replacement of Right Thyroid Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
“Replace of R Thyroid Art with Nonaut Sub, Perc Endo Approach” for short

03RU4KZ is a valid billable ICD-10 procedure code for Replacement of Right Thyroid Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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.

Replacement involves:
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part. The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

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

Replacement includes:

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

Thyroid Artery, Right body part includes:

  • Cricothyroid artery
  • Hyoid artery
  • Sternocleidomastoid artery
  • Superior laryngeal artery
  • Superior thyroid artery
  • Thyrocervical trunk

Nonautologous Tissue Substitute device includes:

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)
  • MIRODERM(tm) Biologic Wound Matrix
  • Piscine skin
  • Tissue bank graft
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 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 03RU4KZ — See Table View

1: Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2: Body System 3 Upper Arteries
3: Root Operation R Replacement
4: Body Part U Thyroid Artery, Right
5: Approach 4 Percutaneous Endoscopic
6: Device K Nonautologous Tissue Substitute
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.