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0XP703Z

Removal of Infusion Device from Left Upper Extremity, Open 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 Infusion Device from Left Upper Extremity, Open 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 Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Infusion Device

For example

  • Ascenda Intrathecal Catheter
  • InDura, intrathecal catheter (1P) (spinal)
  • Non-tunneled central venous catheter
  • Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)
  • Tunneled spinal (intrathecal) catheter

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0XP600Z Removal of Drainage Device from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP601Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP603Z Removal of Infusion Device from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP607Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP60JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP60KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP60YZ Removal of Other Device from Right Upper Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0XP630Z Removal of Drainage Device from Right Upper Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XP631Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Right Upper Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XP633Z Removal of Infusion Device from Right Upper Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XP637Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Upper Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XP63JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Right Upper Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid