ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NS Head and Facial Bones, Reposition › 0NS8XZZ

0NS8XZZ

Reposition Left Occipital Bone, External Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0NS7XZZ Reposition Occipital Bone, External Approach stated for FY2017

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 Reposition Left Occipital Bone, External Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Reposition

Moving to its normal location, or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part

The body part is moved to a new location from an abnormal location, or from a normal location where it is not functioning correctly. The body part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved to the new location

For example

  • Reposition of undescended testicle, fracture reduction

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0NS004Z Reposition Skull with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach Valid
0NS005Z Reposition Skull with External Fixation Device, Open Approach Valid
0NS00ZZ Reposition Skull, Open Approach Valid
0NS034Z Reposition Skull with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NS035Z Reposition Skull with External Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NS03ZZ Reposition Skull, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NS044Z Reposition Skull with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NS045Z Reposition Skull with External Fixation Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NS04ZZ Reposition Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NS0XZZ Reposition Skull, External Approach Valid
0NS104Z Reposition Frontal Bone with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach Valid
0NS10ZZ Reposition Frontal Bone, Open Approach Valid