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01X44Z5

Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Median 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 Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Median 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 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 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
01X10Z1 Transfer Cervical Nerve to Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X10Z2 Transfer Cervical Nerve to Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X14Z1 Transfer Cervical Nerve to Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01X14Z2 Transfer Cervical Nerve to Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01X20Z1 Transfer Phrenic Nerve to Cervical Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X20Z2 Transfer Phrenic Nerve to Phrenic Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X24Z1 Transfer Phrenic Nerve to Cervical Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01X24Z2 Transfer Phrenic Nerve to Phrenic Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
01X40Z4 Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Ulnar Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X40Z5 Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Median Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X40Z6 Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Radial Nerve, Open Approach Valid
01X44Z4 Transfer Ulnar Nerve to Ulnar Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid