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01U537Z

Supplement Median Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Supplement Median Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Median Nerve

Also covers

  • Anterior interosseous nerve
  • Palmar cutaneous nerve

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 Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
01U107Z Supplement Cervical Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
01U10JZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
01U10KZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
01U137Z Supplement Cervical Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01U13JZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01U13KZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
01U147Z Supplement Cervical Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01U14JZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01U14KZ Supplement Cervical Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01U207Z Supplement Phrenic Nerve with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
01U20JZ Supplement Phrenic Nerve with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
01U20KZ Supplement Phrenic Nerve with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid