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0WP831Z

Removal of Radioactive Element from Chest Wall, 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 Removal of Radioactive Element from Chest Wall, 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 Removal

Taking out or off a device from a body part

If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

For example

  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal

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

6. Device Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0WP000Z Removal of Drainage Device from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP001Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP003Z Removal of Infusion Device from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP007Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP00JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP00KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP00YZ Removal of Other Device from Head, Open Approach Valid
0WP030Z Removal of Drainage Device from Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WP031Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WP033Z Removal of Infusion Device from Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WP037Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WP03JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid