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00QS4ZZ

Repair Hypoglossal Nerve, 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 Repair Hypoglossal Nerve, 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Hypoglossal Nerve

Also covers

  • Twelfth cranial nerve

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
00Q00ZZ Repair Brain, Open Approach Valid
00Q03ZZ Repair Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00Q04ZZ Repair Brain, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00Q10ZZ Repair Cerebral Meninges, Open Approach Valid
00Q13ZZ Repair Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00Q14ZZ Repair Cerebral Meninges, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00Q20ZZ Repair Dura Mater, Open Approach Valid
00Q23ZZ Repair Dura Mater, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00Q24ZZ Repair Dura Mater, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00Q60ZZ Repair Cerebral Ventricle, Open Approach Valid
00Q63ZZ Repair Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00Q64ZZ Repair Cerebral Ventricle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid