ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HJ Skin and Breast, Inspection › 0HJTXZZ
Inspection of 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.
Use instead:
- 0HJPXZZ Inspection of 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Inspection of Right Breast, External Approach
- 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 Inspection
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part
Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers
For example
- Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0HJPXZZ | Inspection of Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HJQXZZ | Inspection of Finger Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HJRXZZ | Inspection of Toe Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HJT0ZZ | Inspection of Right Breast, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0HJT3ZZ | Inspection of Right Breast, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0HJT7ZZ | Inspection of Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0HJT8ZZ | Inspection of Right Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0HJU0ZZ | Inspection of Left Breast, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0HJU3ZZ | Inspection of Left Breast, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0HJU7ZZ | Inspection of Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening | Valid |
| 0HJU8ZZ | Inspection of Left Breast, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic | Valid |
| 0HJUXZZ | Inspection of Left Breast, External Approach | Retired |