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0BL33ZZ

Occlusion of Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous 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 Occlusion of Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous 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 Occlusion

Completely closing an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part

The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice

For example

  • Fallopian tube ligation, ligation of inferior vena cava

4. Body Part Main Bronchus, Right

Also covers

  • Bronchus Intermedius
  • Intermediate bronchus

5. Approach Percutaneous

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0BL10CZ Occlusion of Trachea with Extraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0BL10DZ Occlusion of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach Valid
0BL10ZZ Occlusion of Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0BL13CZ Occlusion of Trachea with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BL13DZ Occlusion of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BL13ZZ Occlusion of Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BL14CZ Occlusion of Trachea with Extraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BL14DZ Occlusion of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BL14ZZ Occlusion of Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BL17DZ Occlusion of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0BL17ZZ Occlusion of Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0BL18DZ Occlusion of Trachea with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid