ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0H Skin and Breast › 0HX Skin and Breast, Transfer › 0HX0XZZ
Transfer Scalp Skin, 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 Transfer Scalp Skin, 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 Transfer
Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part
The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply
For example
- Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0HX1XZZ | Transfer Face Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX2XZZ | Transfer Right Ear Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX3XZZ | Transfer Left Ear Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX4XZZ | Transfer Neck Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX5XZZ | Transfer Chest Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX6XZZ | Transfer Back Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX7XZZ | Transfer Abdomen Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX8XZZ | Transfer Buttock Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HX9XZZ | Transfer Perineum Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HXAXZZ | Transfer Inguinal Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HXBXZZ | Transfer Right Upper Arm Skin, External Approach | Valid |
| 0HXCXZZ | Transfer Left Upper Arm Skin, External Approach | Valid |