ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HS Skin and Breast, Reposition › 0HSV0ZZ

0HSV0ZZ

Reposition Bilateral Breast, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Reposition Bilateral Breast, Open 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 Reposition

Moving to its normal location, or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part

The body part is moved to a new location from an abnormal location, or from a normal location where it is not functioning correctly. The body part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved to the new location

For example

  • Reposition of undescended testicle, fracture reduction

4. Body Part Breast, Bilateral

Also covers

  • Mammary duct
  • Mammary gland

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0HSSXZZ Reposition Hair, External Approach Valid
0HST0ZZ Reposition Right Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HSU0ZZ Reposition Left Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HSWXZZ Reposition Right Nipple, External Approach Valid
0HSXXZZ Reposition Left Nipple, External Approach Valid