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0NH64SZ

Insertion of Hearing Device into Left Temporal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Insertion of Hearing Device into Left Temporal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 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

4. Body Part Temporal Bone, Left

Also covers

  • Mastoid process
  • Petrous part of temporal bone
  • Tympanic part of temporal bone
  • Zygomatic process of temporal bone

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