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0NR70KZ

Replacement of Occipital Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open 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 Replacement of Right Occipital Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Replacement of Right Occipital Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Replacement of Occipital Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open 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 Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

For example

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

4. Body Part Occipital Bone

Also covers

  • Clivus
  • Foramen magnum

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0NR007Z Replacement of Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NR00JZ Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NR00KZ Replacement of Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NR037Z Replacement of Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NR03JZ Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NR03KZ Replacement of Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NR047Z Replacement of Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NR04JZ Replacement of Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NR04KZ Replacement of Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NR107Z Replacement of Frontal Bone with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NR10JZ Replacement of Frontal Bone with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NR10KZ Replacement of Frontal Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid