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080QXZZ

Alteration of Right Lower Eyelid, External 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 Alteration of Right Lower Eyelid, External 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 Alteration

Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

Principal purpose is to improve appearance

For example

  • Face lift, breast augmentation

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
080N07Z Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
080N0JZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
080N0KZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
080N0ZZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid, Open Approach Valid
080N37Z Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
080N3JZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
080N3KZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
080N3ZZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid, Percutaneous Approach Valid
080NX7Z Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
080NXJZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach Valid
080NXKZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
080NXZZ Alteration of Right Upper Eyelid, External Approach Valid