ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 00 Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves › 00T Central Nervous System and Cranial... › 00T73ZZ
Resection of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Resection of Cerebral Hemisphere, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
4. Body Part Cerebral Hemisphere
Also covers
- Frontal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Temporal lobe
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 00T70ZZ | Resection of Cerebral Hemisphere, Open Approach | Valid |
| 00T74ZZ | Resection of Cerebral Hemisphere, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |