ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NJ Head and Facial Bones, Inspection › 0NJW4ZZ

0NJW4ZZ

Inspection of Facial 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 Inspection of Facial 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 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 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
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
0NJW3ZZ Inspection of Facial Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NJWXZZ Inspection of Facial Bone, External Approach Valid