ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 01 Peripheral Nervous System › 015 Peripheral Nervous System, Destruction › 015C0ZZ

015C0ZZ

Destruction of Pudendal 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 Destruction of Pudendal 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Pudendal Nerve

Also covers

  • Posterior labial nerve
  • Posterior scrotal 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
01500ZZ Destruction of Cervical Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01503ZZ Destruction of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01504ZZ Destruction of Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01510ZZ Destruction of Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01513ZZ Destruction of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01514ZZ Destruction of Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01520ZZ Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01523ZZ Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01524ZZ Destruction of Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01530ZZ Destruction of Brachial Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01533ZZ Destruction of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01534ZZ Destruction of Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid