ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 01 Peripheral Nervous System › 01Q Peripheral Nervous System, Repair › 01Q44ZZ

01Q44ZZ

Repair Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Repair Ulnar Nerve, 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Ulnar Nerve

Also covers

  • Cubital 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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
01Q00ZZ Repair Cervical Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01Q03ZZ Repair Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01Q04ZZ Repair Cervical Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01Q10ZZ Repair Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01Q13ZZ Repair Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01Q14ZZ Repair Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01Q20ZZ Repair Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01Q23ZZ Repair Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01Q24ZZ Repair Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01Q30ZZ Repair Brachial Plexus, Open Approach Valid
01Q33ZZ Repair Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01Q34ZZ Repair Brachial Plexus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid