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085N0ZZ

Destruction of Right Upper Eyelid, 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 Destruction of Right Upper Eyelid, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0850XZZ Destruction of Right Eye, External Approach Valid
0851XZZ Destruction of Left Eye, External Approach Valid
08523ZZ Destruction of Right Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08533ZZ Destruction of Left Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08543ZZ Destruction of Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08553ZZ Destruction of Left Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0856XZZ Destruction of Right Sclera, External Approach Valid
0857XZZ Destruction of Left Sclera, External Approach Valid
0858XZZ Destruction of Right Cornea, External Approach Valid
0859XZZ Destruction of Left Cornea, External Approach Valid
085A0ZZ Destruction of Right Choroid, Open Approach Valid
085A3ZZ Destruction of Right Choroid, Percutaneous Approach Valid