ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WF Anatomical Regions, General, Fragmentation › 0WFJ4ZZ

0WFJ4ZZ

Fragmentation in Pelvic Cavity, 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 Fragmentation in Pelvic 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

4. Body Part Pelvic Cavity

Also covers

  • Prevesical space
  • Retropubic space
  • Space of Retzius

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
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
0WF94ZZ Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WF9XZZ Fragmentation in Right Pleural Cavity, External Approach Valid