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0TH573Z

Insertion of Infusion Device into Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Insertion of Infusion Device into Kidney, Via Natural or Artificial Opening

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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Kidney

Also covers

  • Renal calyx
  • Renal capsule
  • Renal cortex
  • Renal segment

5. Approach Via Natural or Artificial Opening

Entry of instrumentation through a natural or artificial external opening to reach 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
0TH501Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TH502Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TH503Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TH50YZ Insertion of Other Device into Kidney, Open Approach Valid
0TH531Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TH532Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TH533Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TH53YZ Insertion of Other Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0TH541Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TH542Z Insertion of Monitoring Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TH543Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TH54YZ Insertion of Other Device into Kidney, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid