ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0N5 Head and Facial Bones, Destruction › 0N583ZZ

0N583ZZ

Destruction of Left Occipital Bone, Percutaneous Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0N573ZZ Destruction of Occipital Bone, Percutaneous Approach stated for FY2017

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 Left Occipital Bone, Percutaneous Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach 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