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02UW4KZ

Supplement Thoracic Aorta, Descending with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Supplement Thoracic Aorta with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  2. FY2017 Description revised Supplement Thoracic Aorta with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Supplement Thoracic Aorta, Descending with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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 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

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

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
02U007Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
02U008Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Open Approach Valid
02U00JZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
02U00KZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
02U037Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02U038Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02U03JZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02U03KZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
02U047Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02U048Z Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Zooplastic Tissue, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02U04JZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
02U04KZ Supplement Coronary Artery, One Artery with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid