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0LHX4YZ

Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, 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 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 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

6. Device Other Device

For example

  • Alfapump(R) system

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0LHX0YZ Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LHX3YZ Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LHY0YZ Insertion of Other Device into Lower Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LHY3YZ Insertion of Other Device into Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LHY4YZ Insertion of Other Device into Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid