ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HR Skin and Breast, Replacement › 0HR3XK3
Replacement of Left Ear Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach
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 Replacement of Left Ear Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach
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 Replacement
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part
The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure
For example
- Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft
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 Nonautologous Tissue Substitute
For example
- Acellular Hydrated Dermis
- Bone bank bone graft
- Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
- Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
- Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
- Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
- Fish skin
- Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0HR0X72 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Cell Suspension Technique, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0X73 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0X74 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0XJ3 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0XJ4 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0XJZ | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0XK3 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR0XK4 | Replacement of Scalp Skin with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR1X72 | Replacement of Face Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Cell Suspension Technique, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR1X73 | Replacement of Face Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR1X74 | Replacement of Face Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Partial Thickness, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HR1XJ3 | Replacement of Face Skin with Synthetic Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach | Valid |