ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0C Mouth and Throat › 0CW Mouth and Throat, Revision › 0CWY8JZ
Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Mouth and Throat, 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 Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Mouth and Throat, 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 Revision
Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device
Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin
For example
- Adjustment of position of pacemaker lead, recementing of hip prosthesis
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 Synthetic Substitute
For example
- AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
- AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
- Annuloplasty ring
- Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
- Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
- Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
- Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
- Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0CWA00Z | Revision of Drainage Device in Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA0CZ | Revision of Extraluminal Device in Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA0YZ | Revision of Other Device in Salivary Gland, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA30Z | Revision of Drainage Device in Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA3CZ | Revision of Extraluminal Device in Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA3YZ | Revision of Other Device in Salivary Gland, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0CWA7YZ | Revision of Other Device in Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0CWA8YZ | Revision of Other Device in Salivary Gland, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0CWAX0Z | Revision of Drainage Device in Salivary Gland, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CWAXCZ | Revision of Extraluminal Device in Salivary Gland, External Approach | Valid |
| 0CWS00Z | Revision of Drainage Device in Larynx, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0CWS07Z | Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Larynx, Open Approach | Valid |