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0HUU8JZ

Supplement Left Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Supplement Left Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0HUT07Z Supplement Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0HUT0JZ Supplement Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0HUT0KZ Supplement Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0HUT37Z Supplement Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HUT3JZ Supplement Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HUT3KZ Supplement Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0HUT77Z Supplement Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HUT7JZ Supplement Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HUT7KZ Supplement Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0HUT87Z Supplement Right Breast with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0HUT8JZ Supplement Right Breast with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0HUT8KZ Supplement Right Breast with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid