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0NQV4ZZ

Repair Left Mandible, 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 Repair Left Mandible, 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Mandible, Left

Also covers

  • Alveolar process of mandible
  • Condyloid process
  • Mandibular notch
  • Mental foramen

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
0NQ00ZZ Repair Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NQ03ZZ Repair Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NQ04ZZ Repair Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NQ0XZZ Repair Skull, External Approach Valid
0NQ10ZZ Repair Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid
0NQ13ZZ Repair Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NQ14ZZ Repair Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NQ1XZZ Repair Frontal Bone, External Approach Valid
0NQ20ZZ Repair Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach Retired
0NQ23ZZ Repair Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach Retired
0NQ24ZZ Repair Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Retired
0NQ2XZZ Repair Left Frontal Bone, External Approach Retired