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08TK3ZZ

Resection of Left Lens, Percutaneous 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 Resection 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
08T8XZZ Resection of Right Cornea, External 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
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