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0K503ZZ

Destruction of Head Muscle, 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 Destruction of Head Muscle, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Head Muscle

Also covers

  • Auricularis muscle
  • Masseter muscle
  • Pterygoid muscle
  • Splenius capitis muscle
  • Temporalis muscle
  • Temporoparietalis muscle

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0K500ZZ Destruction of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K504ZZ Destruction of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K510ZZ Destruction of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K513ZZ Destruction of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K514ZZ Destruction of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K520ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K523ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K524ZZ Destruction of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K530ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K533ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K534ZZ Destruction of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K540ZZ Destruction of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach Valid