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0N8C3ZZ

Division of Sphenoid Bone, Percutaneous 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 Division of Right Sphenoid Bone, Percutaneous Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Division of Right Sphenoid Bone, Percutaneous Approach Division of Sphenoid Bone, Percutaneous 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Sphenoid Bone

Also covers

  • Greater wing
  • Lesser wing
  • Optic foramen
  • Pterygoid process
  • Sella turcica

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
0N800ZZ Division of Skull, Open Approach Valid
0N803ZZ Division of Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N804ZZ Division of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N810ZZ Division of Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0N813ZZ Division of Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N814ZZ Division of Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0N820ZZ Division of Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach Retired
0N823ZZ Division of Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Retired
0N824ZZ Division of Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Retired
0N830ZZ Division of Right Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0N833ZZ Division of Right Parietal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0N834ZZ Division of Right Parietal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid