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08CE3ZZ

Extirpation of Matter from Right Retina, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation of Matter from Right Retina, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

For example

  • Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
08C0XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Eye, External Approach Valid
08C1XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Eye, External Approach Valid
08C23ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08C2XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Anterior Chamber, External Approach Valid
08C33ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Anterior Chamber, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08C3XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Anterior Chamber, External Approach Valid
08C43ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08C4XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Vitreous, External Approach Valid
08C53ZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08C5XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Vitreous, External Approach Valid
08C6XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Sclera, External Approach Valid
08C7XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Sclera, External Approach Valid