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0K8J4ZZ

Division of Left Thorax Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Left Thorax Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Thorax Muscle, Left

Also covers

  • Intercostal muscle
  • Levatores costarum muscle
  • Pectoralis major muscle
  • Pectoralis minor muscle
  • Serratus anterior muscle
  • Subclavius muscle
  • Subcostal muscle
  • Transverse thoracis muscle

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0K800ZZ Division of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K803ZZ Division of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K804ZZ Division of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K810ZZ Division of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K813ZZ Division of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K814ZZ Division of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K820ZZ Division of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K823ZZ Division of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K824ZZ Division of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0K830ZZ Division of Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0K833ZZ Division of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0K834ZZ Division of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid