ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HQ Skin and Breast, Repair › 0HQX7ZZ
Repair Left Nipple, 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 Repair Left Nipple, 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 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
4. Body Part Nipple, Left
Also covers
- Areola
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |