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0NH244Z

Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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:

  • 0NH144Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0NH003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NH004Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NH005Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NH00MZ Insertion of Bone Growth Stimulator into Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NH00NZ Insertion of Neurostimulator Generator into Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NH033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NH034Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NH035Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NH03MZ Insertion of Bone Growth Stimulator into Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NH043Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NH044Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NH045Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid