ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia › 0J8 Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Division › 0J840ZZ

0J840ZZ

Division of Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, 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 Division of Anterior Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Division of Anterior Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Division of Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Right Neck

Also covers

  • Deep cervical fascia
  • Pretracheal fascia
  • Prevertebral fascia

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
0J800ZZ Division of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J803ZZ Division of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J810ZZ Division of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J813ZZ Division of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J843ZZ Division of Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J850ZZ Division of Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J853ZZ Division of Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J860ZZ Division of Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J863ZZ Division of Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J870ZZ Division of Back Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0J873ZZ Division of Back Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0J880ZZ Division of Abdomen Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid