ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HT Skin and Breast, Resection › 0HTXXZZ
Resection of Left Nipple, 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 Resection of Left Nipple, 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 Resection
Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part
For example
- Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung
4. Body Part Nipple, Left
Also covers
- Areola
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 0HTV0ZZ | Resection of Bilateral Breast, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0HTWXZZ | Resection of Right Nipple, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HTY0ZZ | Resection of Supernumerary Breast, Open Approach | Valid |