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09U87KZ

Supplement Left Tympanic Membrane with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Supplement Left Tympanic Membrane with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Tympanic Membrane, Left

Also covers

  • Pars flaccida

5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
09U007Z Supplement Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U00JZ Supplement Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U00KZ Supplement Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U0X7Z Supplement Right External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
09U0XJZ Supplement Right External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach Valid
09U0XKZ Supplement Right External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
09U107Z Supplement Left External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U10JZ Supplement Left External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U10KZ Supplement Left External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
09U1X7Z Supplement Left External Ear with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid
09U1XJZ Supplement Left External Ear with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach Valid
09U1XKZ Supplement Left External Ear with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach Valid