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00HU01Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Spinal Canal, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2021 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

  1. FY2021 Added to the code set Insertion of Radioactive Element into Spinal Canal, Open 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 Spinal Canal

Also covers

  • Epidural space, spinal
  • Extradural space, spinal
  • Subarachnoid space, spinal
  • Subdural space, spinal
  • Vertebral canal

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

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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