ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0D Gastrointestinal System › 0DB Gastrointestinal System, Excision › 0DBS0ZZ

0DBS0ZZ

Excision of Greater Omentum, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0DBU0ZZ Excision of Omentum, Open Approach stated for FY2017

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 Excision of Greater Omentum, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0DB10ZX Excision of Upper Esophagus, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0DB10ZZ Excision of Upper Esophagus, Open Approach Valid
0DB13ZX Excision of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0DB13ZZ Excision of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0DB14ZX Excision of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0DB14ZZ Excision of Upper Esophagus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0DB17ZX Excision of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening, Diagnostic Valid
0DB17ZZ Excision of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0DB18ZX Excision of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic, Diagnostic Valid
0DB18ZZ Excision of Upper Esophagus, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0DB20ZX Excision of Middle Esophagus, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0DB20ZZ Excision of Middle Esophagus, Open Approach Valid