ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0P Upper Bones › 0PH Upper Bones, Insertion › 0PHD46Z

0PHD46Z

Insertion of Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device into Left Humeral Head, 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 Insertion of Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device into Left Humeral Head, 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Humeral Head, Left

Also covers

  • Greater tuberosity
  • Lesser tuberosity
  • Neck of humerus (anatomical)(surgical)

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
0PH000Z Insertion of Rigid Plate Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PH004Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PH030Z Insertion of Rigid Plate Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PH034Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PH040Z Insertion of Rigid Plate Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PH044Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PH104Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 1 to 2 Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PH134Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PH144Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PH204Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PH234Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PH244Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid