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0HHU81Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Insertion of Radioactive Element into Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

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