ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HU Skin and Breast, Supplement › 0HUUXJZ

0HUUXJZ

Supplement Left Breast with Synthetic Substitute, External Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2019. In the code set FY2016 to FY2019, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0HQ5XZZ Repair Chest Skin, External Approach stated for FY2019

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, External Approach
  2. FY2020 Removed from the code set

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 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 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