ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H0 Skin and Breast, Alteration › 0H0T0JZ
Alteration of Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach
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 Alteration of Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Alteration
Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part
Principal purpose is to improve appearance
For example
- Face lift, breast augmentation
5. Approach Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
6. Device Synthetic Substitute
For example
- AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
- AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
- Annuloplasty ring
- Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
- Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
- Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
- Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
- Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0H0T07Z | Alteration of Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T0KZ | Alteration of Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T0ZZ | Alteration of Right Breast, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T37Z | Alteration of Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T3JZ | Alteration of Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T3KZ | Alteration of Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0H0T3ZZ | Alteration of Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0H0TX7Z | Alteration of Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Retired |
| 0H0TXJZ | Alteration of Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach | Retired |
| 0H0TXKZ | Alteration of Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, External Approach | Retired |
| 0H0TXZZ | Alteration of Right Breast, External Approach | Retired |
| 0H0U07Z | Alteration of Left Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach | Valid |