ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HC Skin and Breast, Extirpation › 0HCU0ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from Left Breast, Open 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 Extirpation of Matter from Left Breast, Open 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 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 Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |