ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 091 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Bypass › 091E070

091E070

Bypass Left Inner Ear to Endolymphatic 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 Bypass Left Inner Ear to Endolymphatic 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 Bypass

Altering the route of passage of the contents of a tubular body part

Rerouting contents of a body part to a downstream area of the normal route, to a similar route and body part, or to an abnormal route and dissimilar body part. Includes one or more anastomoses, with or without the use of a device

For example

  • Coronary artery bypass, colostomy formation

4. Body Part Inner Ear, Left

Also covers

  • Bony labyrinth
  • Bony vestibule
  • Cochlea
  • Round window
  • Semicircular canal

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
091D070 Bypass Right Inner Ear to Endolymphatic with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
091D0J0 Bypass Right Inner Ear to Endolymphatic with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
091D0K0 Bypass Right Inner Ear to Endolymphatic with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
091D0Z0 Bypass Right Inner Ear to Endolymphatic, Open Approach Valid
091E0J0 Bypass Left Inner Ear to Endolymphatic with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
091E0K0 Bypass Left Inner Ear to Endolymphatic with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
091E0Z0 Bypass Left Inner Ear to Endolymphatic, Open Approach Valid