ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0L Tendons › 0LP Tendons, Removal › 0LPY4YZ
Removal of Other Device from Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Removal of Other Device from Lower 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 Removal
Taking out or off a device from a body part
If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL
For example
- Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0LPX00Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX07Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX0JZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX0KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX0YZ | Removal of Other Device from Upper Tendon, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX30Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX37Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX3JZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX3KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX3YZ | Removal of Other Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX40Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0LPX47Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |