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00WU33Z

Revision of Infusion Device in Spinal Canal, Percutaneous 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 Revision of Infusion Device in Spinal Canal, 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 Revision

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin

For example

  • Adjustment of position of pacemaker lead, recementing of hip prosthesis

4. Body Part Spinal Canal

Also covers

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

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 Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00W000Z Revision of Drainage Device in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W002Z Revision of Monitoring Device in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W003Z Revision of Infusion Device in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W007Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W00JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W00KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W00MZ Revision of Neurostimulator Lead in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W00YZ Revision of Other Device in Brain, Open Approach Valid
00W030Z Revision of Drainage Device in Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00W032Z Revision of Monitoring Device in Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00W033Z Revision of Infusion Device in Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid
00W037Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Brain, Percutaneous Approach Valid