ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09R Ear, Nose, Sinus, Replacement › 09R50JZ
Replacement of Right Middle Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Replacement of Right Middle Ear with Synthetic 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 Replacement
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part
The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure
For example
- Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft
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 Synthetic Substitute
For example
- AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
- AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
- Annuloplasty ring
- Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
- Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
- Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
- Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
- Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 09R007Z | Replacement of Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R00JZ | Replacement of Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R00KZ | Replacement of Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R0X7Z | Replacement of Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 09R0XJZ | Replacement of Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 09R0XKZ | Replacement of Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 09R107Z | Replacement of Left External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R10JZ | Replacement of Left External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R10KZ | Replacement of Left External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 09R1X7Z | Replacement of Left External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 09R1XJZ | Replacement of Left External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 09R1XKZ | Replacement of Left External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |