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Version 2025
Billable Code
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2025 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0BYM0Z1

Transplantation of Bilateral Lungs, Syngeneic, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0BYM0Z1
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Transplantation of Bilateral Lungs, Syngeneic, Open Approac
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0BYM0Z1 is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of transplantation of bilateral lungs, syngeneic, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2025 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The procedure code 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. Procedure code 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 kidney transplant, heart transplant

0BYM0Z1 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 lungs, bilateral.

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 M Lungs, Bilateral  
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 1 Syngeneic

Clinical Classification

  • Clinical Category is Lung transplant

  • CCSR Category Code: RES013
  • Clinical Domain is Respiratory System Procedures - RES contains 14 categories that include procedures performed on the respiratory system such as airway intubation, bronchoscopy, chest tube placement and therapeutic thoracentesis, and tracheostomy.

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.

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Transplantation Lungs, Bilateral


  • 0BYM0Z0 Transplantation of Bilateral Lungs, Allogeneic, Open Approach
  • 0BYM0Z2 Transplantation of Bilateral Lungs, Zooplastic, Open Approach

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 2025 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

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.