ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HQ Skin and Breast, Repair › 0HQUXZZ

0HQUXZZ

Repair 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.

Billable FY2016 to FY2019. In the code set FY2016 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0HQ5XZZ Repair Chest 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 Repair Left 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0HQ0XZZ Repair Scalp Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ1XZZ Repair Face Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ2XZZ Repair Right Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ3XZZ Repair Left Ear Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ4XZZ Repair Neck Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ5XZZ Repair Chest Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ6XZZ Repair Back Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ7XZZ Repair Abdomen Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ8XZZ Repair Buttock Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQ9XZZ Repair Perineum Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQAXZZ Repair Inguinal Skin, External Approach Valid
0HQBXZZ Repair Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach Valid