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0BP17KZ

Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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 Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0BP000Z Removal of Drainage Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP001Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP002Z Removal of Monitoring Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP003Z Removal of Infusion Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP007Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP00CZ Removal of Extraluminal Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP00DZ Removal of Intraluminal Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP00JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP00KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP00YZ Removal of Other Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Open Approach Valid
0BP030Z Removal of Drainage Device from Tracheobronchial Tree, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BP031Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Tracheobronchial Tree, Percutaneous Approach Valid