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0WH301Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Oral Cavity and Throat, Open 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 Insertion of Radioactive Element into Oral Cavity and Throat, Open 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0WH001Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Head, Open Approach Valid
0WH003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Head, Open Approach Valid
0WH00YZ Insertion of Other Device into Head, Open Approach Valid
0WH031Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WH033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WH03YZ Insertion of Other Device into Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WH041Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WH043Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WH04YZ Insertion of Other Device into Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WH101Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Cranial Cavity, Open Approach Valid
0WH103Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Cranial Cavity, Open Approach Valid
0WH10YZ Insertion of Other Device into Cranial Cavity, Open Approach Valid