ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 090 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Alteration › 09023ZZ

09023ZZ

Alteration of Bilateral External Ear, 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 Alteration of Bilateral External Ear, 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 Alteration

Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

Principal purpose is to improve appearance

For example

  • Face lift, breast augmentation

4. Body Part External Ear, Bilateral

Also covers

  • Antihelix
  • Antitragus
  • Auricle
  • Earlobe
  • Helix
  • Pinna
  • Tragus

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
090007Z Alteration of Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09000JZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09000KZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09000ZZ Alteration of Right External Ear, Open Approach Valid
090037Z Alteration of Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09003JZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09003KZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09003ZZ Alteration of Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
090047Z Alteration of Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09004JZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09004KZ Alteration of Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09004ZZ Alteration of Right External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid