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0G800ZZ

Division of Pituitary Gland, Open 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 Division of Pituitary Gland, Open 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Pituitary Gland

Also covers

  • Adenohypophysis
  • Hypophysis
  • Neurohypophysis

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
0G803ZZ Division of Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0G804ZZ Division of Pituitary Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0G8J0ZZ Division of Thyroid Gland Isthmus, Open Approach Valid
0G8J3ZZ Division of Thyroid Gland Isthmus, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0G8J4ZZ Division of Thyroid Gland Isthmus, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid