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0YPB0JZ

Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Left Lower 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 Synthetic Substitute from Left Lower 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 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
0YP900Z Removal of Drainage Device from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP901Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP903Z Removal of Infusion Device from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP907Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP90JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP90KZ Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP90YZ Removal of Other Device from Right Lower Extremity, Open Approach Valid
0YP930Z Removal of Drainage Device from Right Lower Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YP931Z Removal of Radioactive Element from Right Lower Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YP933Z Removal of Infusion Device from Right Lower Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YP937Z Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Lower Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YP93JZ Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Right Lower Extremity, Percutaneous Approach Valid