ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0L Tendons › 0LH Tendons, Insertion › 0LHY0YZ
0LHY0YZ
Insertion of Other Device into Lower Tendon, Open Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.
- FY2018 Added to the code set Insertion of Other Device into Lower Tendon, 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 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 Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
6. Device Other Device
For example
- Alfapump(R) system
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0LHX0YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LHX3YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LHX4YZ | Insertion of Other Device into Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 |