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3E0R3CZ

Introduction of Regional Anesthetic into Spinal Canal, Percutaneous Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 3E0R3BZ Introduction of Anesthetic Agent into Spinal Canal, Percutaneous Approach stated for FY2017

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 Introduction of Regional Anesthetic into Spinal Canal, Percutaneous Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Introduction

Putting in or on a therapeutic, diagnostic, nutritional, physiological, or prophylactic substance except blood or blood products

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

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CodeDescriptionStatus
3E00X05 Introduction of Other Antineoplastic into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00X0M Introduction of Antineoplastic, Monoclonal Antibody, into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00X28 Introduction of Oxazolidinones into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00X29 Introduction of Other Anti-infective into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00X3Z Introduction of Anti-inflammatory into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00X4Z Introduction of Serum, Toxoid and Vaccine into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XBZ Introduction of Anesthetic Agent into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XGC Introduction of Other Therapeutic Substance into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XGF Introduction of Other Enzymatic/Chemical Agent into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XKZ Introduction of Other Diagnostic Substance into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XMZ Introduction of Pigment into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid
3E00XNZ Introduction of Analgesics, Hypnotics, Sedatives into Skin and Mucous Membranes, External Approach Valid