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0NUQ0JZ

Supplement Left Orbit with Synthetic 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 Supplement Left Orbit with Synthetic 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Orbit, Left

Also covers

  • Bony orbit
  • Orbital portion of ethmoid bone
  • Orbital portion of frontal bone
  • Orbital portion of lacrimal bone
  • Orbital portion of maxilla
  • Orbital portion of palatine bone
  • Orbital portion of sphenoid bone
  • Orbital portion of zygomatic bone

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 Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0NU007Z Supplement Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NU00JZ Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NU00KZ Supplement Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NU037Z Supplement Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NU03JZ Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NU03KZ Supplement Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0NU047Z Supplement Skull with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NU04JZ Supplement Skull with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NU04KZ Supplement Skull with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0NU107Z Supplement Frontal Bone with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NU10JZ Supplement Frontal Bone with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0NU10KZ Supplement Frontal Bone with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid