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0KU90JZ

Supplement Right Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement Right Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0KU007Z Supplement Head Muscle with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU00JZ Supplement Head Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU00KZ Supplement Head Muscle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU047Z Supplement Head Muscle with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KU04JZ Supplement Head Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KU04KZ Supplement Head Muscle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KU107Z Supplement Facial Muscle with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU10JZ Supplement Facial Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU10KZ Supplement Facial Muscle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0KU147Z Supplement Facial Muscle with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KU14JZ Supplement Facial Muscle with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KU14KZ Supplement Facial Muscle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid