ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HP Skin and Breast, Removal › 0HPUX7Z
Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Left 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:
- 0HPPX7Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from 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 Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Left 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 Removal
Taking out or off a device from a body part
If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL
For example
- Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
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 Autologous Tissue Substitute
For example
- Autograft
- Cultured epidermal cell autograft
- Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0HPPX0Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPPX7Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPPXJZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPPXKZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPPXYZ | Removal of Other Device from Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPQX0Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Finger Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPQX7Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPQXJZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPQXKZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Finger Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPRX0Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Toe Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPRX7Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Toe Nail, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HPRXJZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Toe Nail, External Approach | Valid |