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0QUH4KZ

Supplement Left Tibia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Supplement Left Tibia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, 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 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 Tibia, Left

Also covers

  • Lateral condyle of tibia
  • Medial condyle of tibia
  • Medial malleolus

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

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0QU007Z Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QU00JZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QU00KZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QU037Z Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QU03JZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QU03KZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QU047Z Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QU04JZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QU04KZ Supplement Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QU107Z Supplement Sacrum with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QU10JZ Supplement Sacrum with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QU10KZ Supplement Sacrum with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid