ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CU Mouth and Throat, Supplement › 0CUS8KZ
Supplement Larynx with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
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 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Supplement Larynx with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
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 Supplement
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part
The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part
For example
- Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement
4. Body Part Larynx
Also covers
- Aryepiglottic fold
- Arytenoid cartilage
- Corniculate cartilage
- Cricoid cartilage
- Cricothyroid membrane
- Cuneiform cartilage
- False vocal cord
- Glottis
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0CU007Z | Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CU00JZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CU00KZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CU037Z | Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CU03JZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CU03KZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CU0X7Z | Supplement Upper Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CU0XJZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CU0XKZ | Supplement Upper Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CU107Z | Supplement Lower Lip with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CU10JZ | Supplement Lower Lip with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CU10KZ | Supplement Lower Lip with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |