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0WJ63ZZ

Inspection of Neck, Percutaneous 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 Inspection of Neck, Percutaneous 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 Inspection

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

For example

  • Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy

4. Body Part Neck

Also covers

  • Parapharyngeal space
  • Retropharyngeal space

5. Approach Percutaneous

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0WJ00ZZ Inspection of Head, Open Approach Valid
0WJ03ZZ Inspection of Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WJ04ZZ Inspection of Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WJ0XZZ Inspection of Head, External Approach Valid
0WJ10ZZ Inspection of Cranial Cavity, Open Approach Valid
0WJ13ZZ Inspection of Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WJ14ZZ Inspection of Cranial Cavity, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WJ20ZZ Inspection of Face, Open Approach Valid
0WJ23ZZ Inspection of Face, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WJ24ZZ Inspection of Face, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WJ2XZZ Inspection of Face, External Approach Valid
0WJ30ZZ Inspection of Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach Valid