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Inpatient Procedure Code

055V0ZZ ICD-10-PCS Code: Destruction of Left Face Vein, 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 System5

Upper Veins

3
Root Operation5

Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

4
Body PartV

Face Vein, Left

5
Approach0

Open

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 9 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.

055M0ZZ — Destruction of Right Internal Jugular Vein, Open Approach, 055N0ZZ — Destruction of Left Internal Jugular Vein, Open Approach, 055P0ZZ — Destruction of Right External Jugular Vein, Open Approach, 055Q0ZZ — Destruction of Left External Jugular Vein, Open Approach, 055R0ZZ — Destruction of Right Vertebral Vein, Open Approach, 055S0ZZ — Destruction of Left Vertebral Vein, Open Approach, 055T0ZZ — Destruction of Right Face Vein, Open Approach, 055Y0ZZ — Destruction of Upper Vein, Open Approach, +17 more

Same operation — other Approach

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

055V3ZZ — Destruction of Left Face Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 055V4ZZ — Destruction of Left Face Vein, 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 Saphenous vein harvest and other therapeutic vessel removal (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.

04BU4ZZ — Excision of Left Peroneal Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 04BV0ZZ — Excision of Right Foot Artery, Open Approach, 04BV3ZZ — Excision of Right Foot Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 04BV4ZZ — Excision of Right Foot Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 04BW0ZZ — Excision of Left Foot Artery, Open Approach, 04BW3ZZ — Excision of Left Foot Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 04BW4ZZ — Excision of Left Foot Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 04BY0ZZ — Excision of Lower Artery, Open Approach, 04BY3ZZ — Excision of Lower Artery, Percutaneous Approach, 04BY4ZZ — Excision of Lower Artery, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 05B00ZZ — Excision of Azygos Vein, Open Approach, 05B03ZZ — Excision of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 05B04ZZ — Excision of Azygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 05B10ZZ — Excision of Hemiazygos Vein, Open Approach, 05B13ZZ — Excision of Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 05B14ZZ — Excision of Hemiazygos Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 05B30ZZ — Excision of Right Innominate Vein, Open Approach, 05B33ZZ — Excision of Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Approach, 05B34ZZ — Excision of Right Innominate Vein, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, 05B40ZZ — Excision of Left Innominate Vein, Open Approach, +667 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of 055V0ZZ 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 055V0ZZ with these 5 related codes in Claim Check

PCS table

MS-DRG participation (9)

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