ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0W3 Anatomical Regions, General, Control › 0W344ZZ
Control Bleeding in Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Control Bleeding in Upper Jaw, 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 Control
Stopping, or attempting to stop, postprocedural or other acute bleeding
For example
- Control of post-prostatectomy hemorrhage, control of intracranial subdural hemorrhage, control of bleeding duodenal ulcer, control of retroperitoneal hemorrhage
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0W300ZZ | Control Bleeding in Head, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0W303ZZ | Control Bleeding in Head, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0W304ZZ | Control Bleeding in Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0W310ZZ | Control Bleeding in Cranial Cavity, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0W313ZZ | Control Bleeding in Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0W314ZZ | Control Bleeding in Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0W320ZZ | Control Bleeding in Face, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0W323ZZ | Control Bleeding in Face, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0W324ZZ | Control Bleeding in Face, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0W330ZZ | Control Bleeding in Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0W333ZZ | Control Bleeding in Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0W334ZZ | Control Bleeding in Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |