ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H8 Skin and Breast, Division › 0H8AXZZ

0H8AXZZ

Division of Inguinal Skin, External 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 Genitalia Skin, External Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Division of Genitalia Skin, External Approach Division of Inguinal Skin, 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 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

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
0H80XZZ Division of Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0H81XZZ Division of Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0H82XZZ Division of Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0H83XZZ Division of Left Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0H84XZZ Division of Neck Skin, External Approach Valid
0H85XZZ Division of Chest Skin, External Approach Valid
0H86XZZ Division of Back Skin, External Approach Valid
0H87XZZ Division of Abdomen Skin, External Approach Valid
0H88XZZ Division of Buttock Skin, External Approach Valid
0H89XZZ Division of Perineum Skin, External Approach Valid
0H8BXZZ Division of Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid
0H8CXZZ Division of Left Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid