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0GHS31Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2021 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

  1. FY2021 Added to the code set Insertion of Radioactive Element into Endocrine 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

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

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0GHS01Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Endocrine Gland, Open Approach Valid
0GHS02Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Endocrine Gland, Open Approach Valid
0GHS03Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Endocrine Gland, Open Approach Valid
0GHS0YZ Insertion of Other Device into Endocrine Gland, Open Approach Valid
0GHS32Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0GHS33Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0GHS3YZ Insertion of Other Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0GHS41Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0GHS42Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0GHS43Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0GHS4YZ Insertion of Other Device into Endocrine Gland, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid