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0TU44KZ

Supplement Left Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement Left Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Supplement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a portion of a body part

The biological material is non-living, or is living and from the same individual. The body part may have been previously replaced, and the Supplement procedure is performed to physically reinforce and/or augment the function of the replaced body part

For example

  • Herniorrhaphy using mesh, mitral valve ring annuloplasty, put a new acetabular liner in a previous hip replacement

4. Body Part Kidney Pelvis, Left

Also covers

  • Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ)

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

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

6. Device Nonautologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • Fish skin
  • Kerecis(R) (GraftGuide) (MariGen) (SurgiBind) (SurgiClose)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0TU307Z Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0TU30JZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0TU30KZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0TU347Z Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TU34JZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TU34KZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0TU377Z Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0TU37JZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0TU37KZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0TU387Z Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0TU38JZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Synthetic Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0TU38KZ Supplement Right Kidney Pelvis with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid