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081Y0J3

Bypass Left Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Synthetic Substitute, Open 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 Bypass Left Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Synthetic Substitute, Open 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 Bypass

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Rerouting contents of a body part to a downstream area of the normal route, to a similar route and body part, or to an abnormal route and dissimilar body part. Includes one or more anastomoses, with or without the use of a device

For example

  • Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation

4. Body Part Lacrimal Duct, Left

Also covers

  • Lacrimal canaliculus
  • Lacrimal punctum
  • Lacrimal sac
  • Nasolacrimal duct

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
08123J4 Bypass Right Anterior Chamber to Sclera with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08123K4 Bypass Right Anterior Chamber to Sclera with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08123Z4 Bypass Right Anterior Chamber to Sclera, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08133J4 Bypass Left Anterior Chamber to Sclera with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08133K4 Bypass Left Anterior Chamber to Sclera with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08133Z4 Bypass Left Anterior Chamber to Sclera, Percutaneous Approach Valid
081X0J3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
081X0K3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
081X0Z3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity, Open Approach Valid
081X3J3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
081X3K3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
081X3Z3 Bypass Right Lacrimal Duct to Nasal Cavity, Percutaneous Approach Valid