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08XL3ZZ

Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, 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 Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, 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 Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

For example

  • Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer

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
08XL0ZZ Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach Valid
08XM0ZZ Transfer Left Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach Valid
08XM3ZZ Transfer Left Extraocular Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid