ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H5 Skin and Breast, Destruction › 0H5WXZZ
Destruction of Right Nipple, External 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 Destruction of Right Nipple, External 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
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |