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0XB33ZX

Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision

Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

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
0XB20ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0XB20ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0XB23ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0XB23ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XB24ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0XB24ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0XB30ZX Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0XB30ZZ Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0XB33ZZ Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XB34ZX Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0XB34ZZ Excision of Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0XB40ZX Excision of Right Axilla, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid