ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0N5 Head and Facial Bones, Destruction › 0N570ZZ

0N570ZZ

Destruction of Occipital Bone, 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 Destruction of Right Occipital Bone, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Destruction of Right Occipital Bone, Open Approach Destruction of Occipital Bone, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Occipital Bone

Also covers

  • Clivus
  • Foramen magnum

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0N500ZZ Destruction of Skull, Open Approach Valid
0N503ZZ Destruction of Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N504ZZ Destruction of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N510ZZ Destruction of Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0N513ZZ Destruction of Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N514ZZ Destruction of Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N520ZZ Destruction of Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach Retired
0N523ZZ Destruction of Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Retired
0N524ZZ Destruction of Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Retired
0N530ZZ Destruction of Right Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0N533ZZ Destruction of Right Parietal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N534ZZ Destruction of Right Parietal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid