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0X0947Z

Alteration of Left Upper Arm with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Alteration of Left Upper Arm with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Alteration

Modifying the anatomic structure of a body part without affecting the function of the body part

Principal purpose is to improve appearance

For example

  • Face lift, breast augmentation

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

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0X0207Z Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0X020JZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0X020KZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0X020ZZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0X0237Z Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X023JZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X023KZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X023ZZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0X0247Z Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0X024JZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0X024KZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0X024ZZ Alteration of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid