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0PWN3JZ

Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Left Carpal, Percutaneous 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 Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Left Carpal, Percutaneous 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 Revision

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin

For example

  • Adjustment of position of pacemaker lead, recementing of hip prosthesis

4. Body Part Carpal, Left

Also covers

  • Capitate bone
  • Hamate bone
  • Lunate bone
  • Pisiform bone
  • Scaphoid bone
  • Trapezium bone
  • Trapezoid bone
  • Triquetral bone

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach 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
0PW004Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PW007Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PW00JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PW00KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PW034Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PW037Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PW03JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PW03KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PW044Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PW047Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PW04JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PW04KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid