ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 095 Ear, Nose, Sinus, Destruction › 095M0ZZ

095M0ZZ

Destruction of Nasal Septum, 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 Destruction of Nasal Septum, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Nasal Septum

Also covers

  • Quadrangular cartilage
  • Septal cartilage
  • Vomer bone

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
09500ZZ Destruction of Right External Ear, Open Approach Valid
09503ZZ Destruction of Right External Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09504ZZ Destruction of Right External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0950XZZ Destruction of Right External Ear, External Approach Valid
09510ZZ Destruction of Left External Ear, Open Approach Valid
09513ZZ Destruction of Left External Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09514ZZ Destruction of Left External Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0951XZZ Destruction of Left External Ear, External Approach Valid
09530ZZ Destruction of Right External Auditory Canal, Open Approach Valid
09533ZZ Destruction of Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09534ZZ Destruction of Right External Auditory Canal, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09537ZZ Destruction of Right External Auditory Canal, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid