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0D5K3ZZ

Destruction of Ascending Colon, 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 Destruction of Ascending Colon, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

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
0D510Z3 Destruction of Upper Esophagus using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0D510ZZ Destruction of Upper Esophagus, Open Approach Valid
0D513Z3 Destruction of Upper Esophagus using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0D513ZZ Destruction of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0D514Z3 Destruction of Upper Esophagus using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0D514ZZ Destruction of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0D517ZZ Destruction of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0D518ZZ Destruction of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0D520Z3 Destruction of Middle Esophagus using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0D520ZZ Destruction of Middle Esophagus, Open Approach Valid
0D523Z3 Destruction of Middle Esophagus using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0D523ZZ Destruction of Middle Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach Valid