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0Y090JZ

Alteration of Right Lower Extremity with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Alteration of Right Lower Extremity with Synthetic Substitute, 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 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 Open

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

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0Y0007Z Alteration of Right Buttock with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0Y000JZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0Y000KZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0Y000ZZ Alteration of Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0Y0037Z Alteration of Right Buttock with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Y003JZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Y003KZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Y003ZZ Alteration of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Y0047Z Alteration of Right Buttock with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Y004JZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Y004KZ Alteration of Right Buttock with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Y004ZZ Alteration of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid