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08RY07Z

Replacement of Left Lacrimal Duct with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Replacement of Left Lacrimal Duct with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

For example

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

4. Body Part Lacrimal Duct, Left

Also covers

  • Lacrimal canaliculus
  • Lacrimal punctum
  • Lacrimal sac
  • Nasolacrimal duct

5. Approach Open

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

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
08R007Z Replacement of Right Eye with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R00JZ Replacement of Right Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R00KZ Replacement of Right Eye with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R037Z Replacement of Right Eye with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08R03JZ Replacement of Right Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08R03KZ Replacement of Right Eye with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08R107Z Replacement of Left Eye with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R10JZ Replacement of Left Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R10KZ Replacement of Left Eye with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
08R137Z Replacement of Left Eye with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08R13JZ Replacement of Left Eye with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
08R13KZ Replacement of Left Eye with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid