ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0H8 Skin and Breast, Division › 0H8FXZZ
Division of Right Hand Skin, 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 Division of Right Hand 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 0H8AXZZ | Division of Inguinal Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0H8BXZZ | Division of Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach | Valid |