ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 09 Ear, Nose, Sinus › 09U Ear, Nose, Sinus, Supplement › 09UN77Z
Supplement Nasopharynx with Autologous 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.
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 Supplement Nasopharynx with Autologous 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 Nasopharynx
Also covers
- Choana
- Fossa of Rosenmuller
- Pharyngeal recess
- Rhinopharynx
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 Autologous Tissue Substitute
For example
- Autograft
- Cultured epidermal cell autograft
- Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |