ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0Q Lower Bones › 0Q5 Lower Bones, Destruction › 0Q544ZZ
Destruction of Right Acetabulum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Destruction of Right Acetabulum, 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 Destruction
Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent
None of the body part is physically taken out
For example
- Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0Q500Z3 | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0Q500ZZ | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0Q503Z3 | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0Q503ZZ | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0Q504Z3 | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0Q504ZZ | Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0Q510Z3 | Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0Q510ZZ | Destruction of Sacrum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0Q513Z3 | Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0Q513ZZ | Destruction of Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0Q514Z3 | Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0Q514ZZ | Destruction of Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |