ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09U Ear, Nose, Sinus, Supplement › 09UM0JZ

09UM0JZ

Supplement Nasal Septum with Synthetic 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 Supplement Nasal Septum 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 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 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

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

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