Version 2024
Billable Code
Limited Coverage
Questionable Obstetric Admission

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0BYC0Z0

Transplantation of Right Upper Lung Lobe, Allogeneic, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0BYC0Z0
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Transplantation of R Up Lung Lobe, Allogen, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0BYC0Z0 is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of transplantation of right upper lung lobe, allogeneic, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0BYC0Z0 PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the respiratory system body system, classified under transplantation operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is upper lung lobe, right.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System B Respiratory System
3 Operation Y Transplantation

Involves:
Putting in or on all or a portion of a living body part taken from another individual or animal to physically take the place and/or function of all or a portion of a similar body part

Explanation:
The native body part may or may not be taken out, and the transplanted body part may take over all or a portion of its function

Includes:
  • Kidney transplant, heart transplant
4 BodyPart C Upper Lung Lobe, Right  
5 Approach 0 Open

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

6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.

7 Qualifier 0 Allogeneic

Clinical Classification

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Limited Coverage - this code is intended for for certain procedures whose medical complexity and serious nature incur extraordinary associated costs, medicare limits coverage to a portion of the cost.
  • Questionable Obstetric Admission - this code is intended for the following procedure codes describing a cesarean section or vaginal delivery are considered to be a questionable admission except when reported with a corresponding secondary diagnosis code describing the outcome of delivery.

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Transplantation Upper Lung Lobe, Right

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.