ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 08 Eye › 08T Eye, Resection › 08T8XZZ
Resection of Right Cornea, External 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 Resection of Right Cornea, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 08T0XZZ | Resection of Right Eye, External Approach | Valid |
| 08T1XZZ | Resection of Left Eye, External Approach | Valid |
| 08T43ZZ | Resection of Right Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08T53ZZ | Resection of Left Vitreous, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08T9XZZ | Resection of Left Cornea, External Approach | Valid |
| 08TC3ZZ | Resection of Right Iris, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08TD3ZZ | Resection of Left Iris, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08TJ3ZZ | Resection of Right Lens, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08TK3ZZ | Resection of Left Lens, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08TL0ZZ | Resection of Right Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 08TL3ZZ | Resection of Right Extraocular Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 08TM0ZZ | Resection of Left Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |