ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HT Skin and Breast, Resection › 0HTV0ZZ

0HTV0ZZ

Resection of 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 Resection of 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

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
0HTQXZZ Resection of Finger Nail, External Approach Valid
0HTRXZZ Resection of Toe Nail, External Approach Valid
0HTT0ZZ Resection of Right Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HTU0ZZ Resection of Left Breast, Open Approach Valid
0HTWXZZ Resection of Right Nipple, External Approach Valid
0HTXXZZ Resection of Left Nipple, External Approach Valid
0HTY0ZZ Resection of Supernumerary Breast, Open Approach Valid