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Inpatient Procedure Code

03980ZZ

Drainage of Left Brachial Artery, Open Approach

Axis Breakdown

Every ICD-10-PCS code is exactly seven characters, one per axis. Each character's meaning is defined by its position in the code.

PositionValueMeaning
1
Section0

Medical and Surgical

2
Body System3

Upper Arteries

3
Root Operation9

Drainage

Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

4
Body Part8

Brachial Artery, Left

5
Approach0

Open

6
DeviceZ

No Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

Same table and root operation, differing only in the body part character.

03940ZZ — Drainage of Left Subclavian Artery, Open Approach, 03950ZZ — Drainage of Right Axillary Artery, Open Approach, 03960ZZ — Drainage of Left Axillary Artery, Open Approach, 03970ZZ — Drainage of Right Brachial Artery, Open Approach, 03990ZZ — Drainage of Right Ulnar Artery, Open Approach, 039A0ZZ — Drainage of Left Ulnar Artery, Open Approach, 039B0ZZ — Drainage of Right Radial Artery, Open Approach, 039C0ZZ — Drainage of Left Radial Artery, Open Approach, +21 more

Same operation — other Approach

Same table and root operation, differing only in the approach character.

03983ZZ — Drainage of Left Brachial Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03984ZZ — Drainage of Left Brachial Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same operation — other Device

Same table and root operation, differing only in the device character.

039800Z — Drainage of Left Brachial Artery with Drainage Device, Open Approach

Same operation — other Qualifier

Same table and root operation, differing only in the qualifier character.

03980ZX — Drainage of Left Brachial Artery, Open Approach, Diagnostic

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 03980ZZ in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

PCS table

  • 039[PCS table]
  • [object Object] — Section: [object Object] [Section]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Body System: [object Object] [Body System]: “[object Object]”
  • [object Object] — Operation: [object Object] [Operation]: “[object Object]”

Nearest codes

  • 03900ZZ — Drainage of Right Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03910ZZ — Drainage of Left Internal Mammary Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03920ZZ — Drainage of Innominate Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03930ZZ — Drainage of Right Subclavian Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03940ZZ — Drainage of Left Subclavian Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03950ZZ — Drainage of Right Axillary Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03960ZZ — Drainage of Left Axillary Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]
  • 03970ZZ — Drainage of Right Brachial Artery, Open Approach [One axis away]

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2026 (April) baseline of the change ledger.