ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HD Skin and Breast, Extraction › 0HD3XZZ

0HD3XZZ

Extraction of Left Ear 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 Extraction of Left Ear 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 Extraction

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Dilation and curettage, vein stripping

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
0HD0XZZ Extraction of Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD1XZZ Extraction of Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD2XZZ Extraction of Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD4XZZ Extraction of Neck Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD5XZZ Extraction of Chest Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD6XZZ Extraction of Back Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD7XZZ Extraction of Abdomen Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD8XZZ Extraction of Buttock Skin, External Approach Valid
0HD9XZZ Extraction of Perineum Skin, External Approach Valid
0HDAXZZ Extraction of Inguinal Skin, External Approach Valid
0HDBXZZ Extraction of Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid
0HDCXZZ Extraction of Left Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid