ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0D Gastrointestinal System › 0D7 Gastrointestinal System, Dilation › 0D7Q8ZZ
Dilation of Anus, 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 Dilation of Anus, 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 Dilation
Expanding an orifice or the lumen of a tubular body part
The orifice can be a natural orifice or an artificially created orifice. Accomplished by stretching a tubular body part using intraluminal pressure or by cutting part of the orifice or wall of the tubular body part
For example
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, internal urethrotomy
4. Body Part Anus
Also covers
- Anal orifice
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0D710DZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0D710ZZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0D713DZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0D713ZZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0D714DZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0D714ZZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0D717DZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0D717ZZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0D718DZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0D718ZZ | Dilation of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0D720DZ | Dilation of Middle Esophagus with Intraluminal Device, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0D720ZZ | Dilation of Middle Esophagus, Open Approach | Valid |