ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0ND Head and Facial Bones, Extraction › 0ND00ZZ

0ND00ZZ

Extraction of Skull, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Extraction of Skull, 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 Extraction

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Dilation and curettage, vein stripping

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
0ND10ZZ Extraction of Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0ND30ZZ Extraction of Right Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0ND40ZZ Extraction of Left Parietal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0ND50ZZ Extraction of Right Temporal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0ND60ZZ Extraction of Left Temporal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0ND70ZZ Extraction of Occipital Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDB0ZZ Extraction of Nasal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDC0ZZ Extraction of Sphenoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDF0ZZ Extraction of Right Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDG0ZZ Extraction of Left Ethmoid Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDH0ZZ Extraction of Right Lacrimal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NDJ0ZZ Extraction of Left Lacrimal Bone, Open Approach Valid