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008H3ZZ

Division of Oculomotor Nerve, Percutaneous 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 Division of Oculomotor Nerve, Percutaneous 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Oculomotor Nerve

Also covers

  • Third cranial nerve

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00800ZZ Division of Brain, Open Approach Valid
00803ZZ Division of Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00804ZZ Division of Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00870ZZ Division of Cerebral Hemisphere, Open Approach Valid
00873ZZ Division of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00874ZZ Division of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00880ZZ Division of Basal Ganglia, Open Approach Valid
00883ZZ Division of Basal Ganglia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00884ZZ Division of Basal Ganglia, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
008F0ZZ Division of Olfactory Nerve, Open Approach Valid
008F3ZZ Division of Olfactory Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
008F4ZZ Division of Olfactory Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid