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0JPS31Z

Removal of Radioactive Element from Head and Neck 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 Removal of Radioactive Element from Head and Neck 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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
0JPS00Z Removal of Drainage Device from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS01Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS03Z Removal of Infusion Device from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS07Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS0JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS0KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS0NZ Removal of Tissue Expander from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS0YZ Removal of Other Device from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Open Approach Valid
0JPS30Z Removal of Drainage Device from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JPS33Z Removal of Infusion Device from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JPS37Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JPS3JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Head and Neck Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Percutaneous Approach Valid