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00H63YZ

Insertion of Other Device into Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Insertion of Other Device into Cerebral Ventricle, 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Cerebral Ventricle

Also covers

  • Aqueduct of Sylvius
  • Cerebral aqueduct (Sylvius)
  • Choroid plexus
  • Ependyma
  • Foramen of Monro (intraventricular)
  • Fourth ventricle
  • Interventricular foramen (Monro)
  • Left lateral ventricle

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

6. Device Other Device

For example

  • Alfapump(R) system

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00H001Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H002Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H004Z Insertion of Radioactive Element, Cesium-131 Collagen Implant into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H005Z Insertion of Radioactive Element, Palladium-103 Collagen Implant into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H00MZ Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H00YZ Insertion of Other Device into Brain, Open Approach Valid
00H031Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00H032Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00H033J Insertion of Infusion Device into Brain, Temporary, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00H033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00H03MZ Insertion of Neurostimulator Lead into Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid