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0B5K0ZZ

Destruction of Right Lung, 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 Destruction of Right Lung, 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 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 Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0B510ZZ Destruction of Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0B513ZZ Destruction of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0B514ZZ Destruction of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0B517ZZ Destruction of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening 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