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0YHH41Z

Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Lower Leg, 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 Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Lower Leg, 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

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 Radioactive Element

For example

  • Brachytherapy seeds
  • CivaSheet(R)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0YH001Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YH003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YH00YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YH031Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YH033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YH03YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YH041Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YH043Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YH04YZ Insertion of Other Device into Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YH101Z Insertion of Radioactive Element into Left Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YH103Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Left Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YH10YZ Insertion of Other Device into Left Buttock, Open Approach Valid