ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NH Head and Facial Bones, Insertion › 0NHX34Z
Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Hyoid Bone, Percutaneous Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Hyoid 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 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
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |