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00514ZZ

Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Destruction

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

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Cerebral Meninges

Also covers

  • Arachnoid mater, intracranial
  • Leptomeninges, intracranial
  • Pia mater, intracranial

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00500Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
00500ZZ Destruction of Brain, Open Approach Valid
00503Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00503Z4 Destruction of Brain using Stereoelectroencephalographic Radiofrequency Ablation, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00503ZZ Destruction of Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00504Z3 Destruction of Brain using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00504ZZ Destruction of Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00510ZZ Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach Valid
00513ZZ Destruction of Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00520ZZ Destruction of Dura Mater, Open Approach Valid
00523ZZ Destruction of Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00524ZZ Destruction of Dura Mater, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid