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0BBR4ZZ

Excision of Right Diaphragm, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0BBT4ZZ Excision of Diaphragm, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach stated for FY2017

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 Excision of Right Diaphragm, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0BB10ZX Excision of Trachea, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0BB10ZZ Excision of Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0BB13ZX Excision of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0BB13ZZ Excision of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BB14ZX Excision of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0BB14ZZ Excision of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BB17ZX Excision of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, Diagnostic Valid
0BB17ZZ Excision of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0BB18ZX Excision of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, Diagnostic Valid
0BB18ZZ Excision of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0BB20ZX Excision of Carina, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0BB20ZZ Excision of Carina, Open Approach Valid