ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 01 Peripheral Nervous System › 01P Peripheral Nervous System, Removal › 01PY02Z

01PY02Z

Removal of Monitoring Device from Peripheral 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 Removal of Monitoring Device from Peripheral 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

5. Approach Open

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

6. Device Monitoring Device

For example

  • Blood glucose monitoring system
  • Cardiac event recorder
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) device
  • Implantable glucose monitoring device
  • Loop recorder, implantable
  • Reveal (LINQ)(DX)(XT)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
01PY00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Peripheral Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01PY07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Peripheral Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01PY0MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Peripheral Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01PY0YZ Removal of Other Device from Peripheral Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01PY30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01PY32Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01PY37Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01PY3MZ Removal of Neurostimulator Lead from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01PY3YZ Removal of Other Device from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01PY40Z Removal of Drainage Device from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01PY42Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01PY47Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Peripheral Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid