ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 08 Eye › 08H Eye, Insertion › 08H005Z
Insertion of Epiretinal Visual Prosthesis into Right Eye, Open 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 Insertion of Epiretinal Visual Prosthesis into Right Eye, 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 Insertion
Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part
For example
- Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 08H00YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Right Eye, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08H031Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Eye, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08H033Z | Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Eye, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08H03YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Right Eye, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08H07YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Right Eye, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 08H08YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Right Eye, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 08H0X1Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Eye, External Approach | Valid |
| 08H0X3Z | Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Eye, External Approach | Valid |
| 08H105Z | Insertion of Epiretinal Visual Prosthesis into Left Eye, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08H10YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Left Eye, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08H131Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Left Eye, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08H133Z | Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Eye, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |