ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WQ Anatomical Regions, General, Repair › 0WQ33ZZ

0WQ33ZZ

Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

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
0WQ00ZZ Repair Head, Open Approach Valid
0WQ03ZZ Repair Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WQ04ZZ Repair Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ0XZZ Repair Head, External Approach Valid
0WQ20ZZ Repair Face, Open Approach Valid
0WQ23ZZ Repair Face, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WQ24ZZ Repair Face, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ2XZZ Repair Face, External Approach Valid
0WQ30ZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach Valid
0WQ34ZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ3XZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach Valid
0WQ40ZZ Repair Upper Jaw, Open Approach Valid