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00US4KZ

Supplement Hypoglossal Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement Hypoglossal Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

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

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00U107Z Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00U10JZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00U10KZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00U137Z Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00U13JZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00U13KZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00U147Z Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00U14JZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00U14KZ Supplement Cerebral Meninges with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
00U207Z Supplement Dura Mater with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00U20JZ Supplement Dura Mater with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
00U20KZ Supplement Dura Mater with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid