ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NJ Head and Facial Bones, Inspection › 0NJW3ZZ
Inspection of Facial 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 Inspection of Facial 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 Inspection
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part
Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers
For example
- Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0NJ00ZZ | Inspection of Skull, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0NJ03ZZ | Inspection of Skull, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0NJ04ZZ | Inspection of Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0NJ0XZZ | Inspection of Skull, External Approach | Valid |
| 0NJB0ZZ | Inspection of Nasal Bone, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0NJB3ZZ | Inspection of Nasal Bone, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0NJB4ZZ | Inspection of Nasal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0NJBXZZ | Inspection of Nasal Bone, External Approach | Valid |
| 0NJW0ZZ | Inspection of Facial Bone, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0NJW4ZZ | Inspection of Facial Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0NJWXZZ | Inspection of Facial Bone, External Approach | Valid |