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0TP937Z

Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Ureter, Percutaneous 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 Autologous Tissue Substitute from Ureter, Percutaneous 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 Ureter

Also covers

  • Ureteral orifice
  • Ureterovesical orifice

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
0TP50JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute 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