ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0B Respiratory System › 0B5 Respiratory System, Destruction › 0B517ZZ
Destruction of Trachea, 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 Destruction of Trachea, 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 Destruction
Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent
None of the body part is physically taken out
For example
- Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0B510ZZ | Destruction of Trachea, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B513ZZ | Destruction of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0B514ZZ | Destruction of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0B518ZZ | Destruction of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0B520ZZ | Destruction of Carina, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B523ZZ | Destruction of Carina, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0B524ZZ | Destruction of Carina, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0B527ZZ | Destruction of Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0B528ZZ | Destruction of Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0B530ZZ | Destruction of Right Main Bronchus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0B533ZZ | Destruction of Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0B534ZZ | Destruction of Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |