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0R564ZZ

Destruction of Thoracic Vertebral Joint, 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 Destruction of Thoracic Vertebral Joint, 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

4. Body Part Thoracic Vertebral Joint

Also covers

  • Costotransverse joint
  • Costovertebral joint
  • Thoracic facet joint

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
0R500ZZ Destruction of Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0R503ZZ Destruction of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0R504ZZ Destruction of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0R510ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0R513ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0R514ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0R530ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0R533ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0R534ZZ Destruction of Cervical Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0R540ZZ Destruction of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0R543ZZ Destruction of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0R544ZZ Destruction of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid