ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HC Skin and Breast, Extirpation › 0HCTXZZ

0HCTXZZ

Extirpation of Matter from Right 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:

  • 0HC5XZZ Extirpation of Matter from 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 Extirpation of Matter from Right 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 Extirpation

Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces

For example

  • Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy

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
0HC0XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC1XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC2XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC3XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Left Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC4XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Neck Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC5XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Chest Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC6XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Back Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC7XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Abdomen Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC8XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Buttock Skin, External Approach Valid
0HC9XZZ Extirpation of Matter from Perineum Skin, External Approach Valid
0HCAXZZ Extirpation of Matter from Inguinal Skin, External Approach Valid
0HCBXZZ Extirpation of Matter from Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid