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0SPC03Z

Removal of Infusion Device from Right Knee Joint, Open 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 Removal of Infusion Device from Right Knee Joint, Open 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0SP000Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP003Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP004Z Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP007Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP008Z Removal of Spacer from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP00AZ Removal of Interbody Fusion Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP00JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP00KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SP030Z Removal of Drainage Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SP033Z Removal of Infusion Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SP034Z Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SP037Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid