ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia › 0JH Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Insertion › 0JHW31Z

0JHW31Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Lower Extremity Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous 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 Insertion of Radioactive Element into Lower Extremity Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0JH00NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH03NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JH10NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH13NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JH40NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH43NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Right Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JH50NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH53NZ Insertion of Tissue Expander into Left Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JH600Z Insertion of Hemodynamic Monitoring Device into Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH602Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH604Z Insertion of Pacemaker, Single Chamber into Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JH605Z Insertion of Pacemaker, Single Chamber Rate Responsive into Chest Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid