ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HH Skin and Breast, Insertion › 0HHTX1Z

0HHTX1Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into 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:

  • 0HHPXYZ Insertion of Other Device into 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 Insertion of Radioactive Element into 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

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

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0HHPXYZ Insertion of Other Device into Skin, External Approach Valid
0HHT01Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HHT0NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HHT0YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HHT31Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HHT3NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HHT3YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HHT71Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HHT7NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HHT7YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HHT81Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0HHT8NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid