ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H5 Skin and Breast, Destruction › 0H5UXZZ

0H5UXZZ

Destruction of Left Breast, External 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 FY2019. In the code set FY2016 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0H55XZZ Destruction of Chest Skin, External Approach stated for FY2019

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 Left Breast, External Approach
  2. FY2020 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 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

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0H50XZD Destruction of Scalp Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H50XZZ Destruction of Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0H51XZD Destruction of Face Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H51XZZ Destruction of Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0H52XZD Destruction of Right Ear Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H52XZZ Destruction of Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0H53XZD Destruction of Left Ear Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H53XZZ Destruction of Left Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0H54XZD Destruction of Neck Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H54XZZ Destruction of Neck Skin, External Approach Valid
0H55XZD Destruction of Chest Skin, Multiple, External Approach Valid
0H55XZZ Destruction of Chest Skin, External Approach Valid