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0G503ZZ

Destruction of Pituitary Gland, 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 Pituitary Gland, 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

4. Body Part Pituitary Gland

Also covers

  • Adenohypophysis
  • Hypophysis
  • Neurohypophysis

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
0G500Z3 Destruction of Pituitary Gland using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0G500ZZ Destruction of Pituitary Gland, Open Approach Valid
0G503Z3 Destruction of Pituitary Gland using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0G504Z3 Destruction of Pituitary Gland using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0G504ZZ Destruction of Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0G510Z3 Destruction of Pineal Body using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0G510ZZ Destruction of Pineal Body, Open Approach Valid
0G513Z3 Destruction of Pineal Body using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0G513ZZ Destruction of Pineal Body, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0G514Z3 Destruction of Pineal Body using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0G514ZZ Destruction of Pineal Body, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0G520Z3 Destruction of Left Adrenal Gland using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid