ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0T Urinary System › 0T8 Urinary System, Division › 0T820ZZ
Division of Bilateral Kidneys, Open 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 Division of Bilateral Kidneys, 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 Division
Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part
All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions
For example
- Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy
5. Approach Open
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0T823ZZ | Division of Bilateral Kidneys, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0T824ZZ | Division of Bilateral Kidneys, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0T8C0ZZ | Division of Bladder Neck, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0T8C3ZZ | Division of Bladder Neck, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0T8C4ZZ | Division of Bladder Neck, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |