ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CH Mouth and Throat, Insertion › 0CHY71Z
0CHY71Z
Insertion of Radioactive Element into Mouth and Throat, 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 2021 to now.
- FY2021 Added to the code set Insertion of Radioactive Element into Mouth and Throat, 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 Insertion
Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part
For example
- Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter
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 Radioactive Element
For example
- Brachytherapy seeds
- CivaSheet(R)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0CH701Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Tongue, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CH731Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Tongue, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CH7X1Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Tongue, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CHA01Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CHA0YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CHA31Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CHA3YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CHA71Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CHA7YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CHA81Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0CHA8YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0CHS01Z | Insertion of Radioactive Element into Larynx, Open Approach | Valid |