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00XK0ZK

Transfer Trigeminal Nerve to Trigeminal Nerve, Open 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 Transfer Trigeminal Nerve to Trigeminal Nerve, 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 Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

For example

  • Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer

4. Body Part Trigeminal Nerve

Also covers

  • Fifth cranial nerve
  • Gasserian ganglion
  • Mandibular nerve
  • Maxillary nerve
  • Ophthalmic nerve
  • Trifacial nerve

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
00XF0ZF Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Olfactory Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZG Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Optic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZH Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Oculomotor Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZJ Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Trochlear Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZK Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Trigeminal Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZL Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Abducens Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZM Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Facial Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZN Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Acoustic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZP Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Glossopharyngeal Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZQ Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Vagus Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZR Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Accessory Nerve, Open Approach Valid
00XF0ZS Transfer Olfactory Nerve to Hypoglossal Nerve, Open Approach Valid