ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 08 Eye › 08D Eye, Extraction › 08DK3ZZ
Extraction of Left Lens, Percutaneous Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Extraction of Left Lens, 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 Extraction
Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies
For example
- Dilation and curettage, vein stripping
4. Body Part Lens, Left
Also covers
- Zonule of Zinn
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 08D8XZX | Extraction of Right Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 08D8XZZ | Extraction of Right Cornea, External Approach | Valid |
| 08D9XZX | Extraction of Left Cornea, External Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 08D9XZZ | Extraction of Left Cornea, External Approach | Valid |
| 08DJ3ZZ | Extraction of Right Lens, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |