ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WF Anatomical Regions, General, Fragmentation › 0WF94ZZ
Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, 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 Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, 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 Fragmentation
Breaking solid matter in a body part into pieces
Physical force (e.g., manual, ultrasonic) applied directly or indirectly is used to break the solid matter into pieces. The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body. The pieces of solid matter are not taken out
For example
- Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, transurethral lithotripsy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0WF10ZZ | Fragmentation in Cranial Cavity, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WF13ZZ | Fragmentation in Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WF14ZZ | Fragmentation in Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0WF1XZZ | Fragmentation in Cranial Cavity, External Approach | Valid |
| 0WF30ZZ | Fragmentation in Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WF33ZZ | Fragmentation in Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WF34ZZ | Fragmentation in Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0WF3XZZ | Fragmentation in Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach | Valid |
| 0WF90ZZ | Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0WF93ZZ | Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0WF9XZZ | Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, External Approach | Valid |
| 0WFB0ZZ | Fragmentation in Left Pleural Cavity, Open Approach | Valid |