ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HH Skin and Breast, Insertion › 0HHV7NZ
Insertion of Tissue Expander into Bilateral Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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 Insertion of Tissue Expander into Bilateral Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening
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
4. Body Part Breast, Bilateral
Also covers
- Mammary duct
- Mammary gland
5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening
Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |