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Inpatient Procedure Code

03QM3ZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Repair Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous 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 OperationQ

Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

4
Body PartM

External Carotid Artery, Right

5
Approach3

Percutaneous

6
DeviceZ

No Device

7
QualifierZ

No Qualifier

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

The MS-DRG grouper treats this as an operating room procedure. It appears in the surgical logic of 12 MS-DRGs:

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual, Appendix E. Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Related Codes

Same operation — other Body Part

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

03QH3ZZ — Repair Right Common Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QJ3ZZ — Repair Left Common Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QK3ZZ — Repair Right Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QL3ZZ — Repair Left Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QN3ZZ — Repair Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QP3ZZ — Repair Right Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QQ3ZZ — Repair Left Vertebral Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03QR3ZZ — Repair Face Artery, Percutaneous Approach, +21 more

Same operation — other Approach

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

03QM0ZZ — Repair Right External Carotid Artery, Open Approach, 03QM4ZZ — Repair Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

Same procedure category (CCSR), other tables

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined groups these ICD-10-PCS procedures with this one under Carotid endarterectomy and stenting (Cardiovascular Procedures); listed here are the members in other PCS tables. Source: Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, November 2025.

03CL3ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03CL4ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Left Internal Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03CM0ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Right External Carotid Artery, Open Approach, 03CM3Z7 — Extirpation of Matter from Right External Carotid Artery using Stent Retriever, Percutaneous Approach, 03CM3ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03CM4ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Right External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03CN0ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Left External Carotid Artery, Open Approach, 03CN3Z7 — Extirpation of Matter from Left External Carotid Artery using Stent Retriever, Percutaneous Approach, 03CN3ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 03CN4ZZ — Extirpation of Matter from Left External Carotid Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03RH07Z — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach, 03RH0JZ — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach, 03RH0KZ — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach, 03RH47Z — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03RH4JZ — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03RH4KZ — Replacement of Right Common Carotid Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 03RJ07Z — Replacement of Left Common Carotid Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach, 03RJ0JZ — Replacement of Left Common Carotid Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach, 03RJ0KZ — Replacement of Left Common Carotid Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach, 03RJ47Z — Replacement of Left Common Carotid Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, +431 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 03QM3ZZ 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.

Run 03QM3ZZ with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation (12)

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MDC crossing · diagnoses (10874)

  • MDC 01 — Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Nervous System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • MDC 05 — Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Circulatory System — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
  • A02.21 — Salmonella meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Salmonella meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A06.6 — Amebic brain abscess[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Amebic brain abscess — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.0 — Tuberculous meningitis[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculous meningitis — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.1 — Meningeal tuberculoma[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Meningeal tuberculoma — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • A17.81 — Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord[Same-MDC diagnosis]: “Tuberculoma of brain and spinal cord — grouped in MDC 01, the diagnosis side of this code's crossing.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
  • and 10869 more

Nearest codes

Change history

No changes recorded for this code. This ledger tracks additions, deletions and description changes from FY2026 (April) onward. Note changes are not tracked.

Read from: CMS ICD-10-PCS code tables, index and definitions — FY2026 (April); CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43; AHRQ HCUP Clinical Classifications Software Refined for ICD-10-PCS Procedures (hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccsr/PRCCSR_v2026-1.zip) — v2026.1. All data sources · How to read the labels