ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0T Urinary System › 0TP Urinary System, Removal › 0TP50JZ
Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Kidney, 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 Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Kidney, 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
4. Body Part Kidney
Also covers
- Renal calyx
- Renal capsule
- Renal cortex
- Renal segment
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 Synthetic Substitute
For example
- AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
- AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
- Annuloplasty ring
- Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
- Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
- Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
- Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
- Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0TP500Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP502Z | Removal of Monitoring Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP503Z | Removal of Infusion Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP507Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP50CZ | Removal of Extraluminal Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP50DZ | Removal of Intraluminal Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP50KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP50YZ | Removal of Other Device from Kidney, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0TP530Z | Removal of Drainage Device from Kidney, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0TP532Z | Removal of Monitoring Device from Kidney, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0TP533Z | Removal of Infusion Device from Kidney, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0TP537Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Kidney, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |