ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09H Ear, Nose, Sinus, Insertion › 09HK31Z

09HK31Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2021 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

  1. FY2021 Added to the code set Insertion of Radioactive Element into Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue, 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Nasal Mucosa and Soft Tissue

Also covers

  • Columella
  • External naris
  • Greater alar cartilage
  • Internal naris
  • Lateral nasal cartilage
  • Lesser alar cartilage
  • Nasal cavity
  • Nostril

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

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
09HD01Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Inner Ear, Open Approach Valid
09HD04Z Insertion of Bone Conduction Hearing Device into Right Inner Ear, Open Approach Valid
09HD05Z Insertion of Single Channel Cochlear Prosthesis into Right Inner Ear, Open Approach Valid
09HD06Z Insertion of Multiple Channel Cochlear Prosthesis into Right Inner Ear, Open Approach Valid
09HD0SZ Insertion of Hearing Device into Right Inner Ear, Open Approach Valid
09HD31Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09HD34Z Insertion of Bone Conduction Hearing Device into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09HD35Z Insertion of Single Channel Cochlear Prosthesis into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09HD36Z Insertion of Multiple Channel Cochlear Prosthesis into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09HD3SZ Insertion of Hearing Device into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Approach Valid
09HD41Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
09HD44Z Insertion of Bone Conduction Hearing Device into Right Inner Ear, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid