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08H1X3Z

Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Eye, External 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 Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Eye, External 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

4. Body Part Eye, Left

Also covers

  • Ciliary body
  • Posterior chamber

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

6. Device Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
08H005Z Insertion of Epiretinal Visual Prosthesis into Right Eye, Open Approach Valid
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