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0YBM4ZX

Excision of Right Foot, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Right Foot, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0YB00ZX Excision of Right Buttock, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB00ZZ Excision of Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YB03ZX Excision of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB03ZZ Excision of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YB04ZX Excision of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB04ZZ Excision of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YB10ZX Excision of Left Buttock, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB10ZZ Excision of Left Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YB13ZX Excision of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB13ZZ Excision of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YB14ZX Excision of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0YB14ZZ Excision of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid