00HU0YZInsertion of Other Device into Spinal Canal, Open Approach

00HU0YZ is the ICD-10-PCS code for a insertion procedure on the spinal canal using an open approach with other device. In ICD-10-PCS, insertion means 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.

In plain terms, this corresponds to other operations on spinal cord and spinal canal structures, the ICD-9-CM procedure title it maps to (03.99).

For a different body part, codes include 00H00YZ (brain), 00H60YZ (cerebral ventricle), 00HE0YZ (cranial nerve) and 00HV0YZ (spinal cord).

The same procedure with a different approach is coded 00HU3YZ (percutaneous) and 00HU4YZ (percutaneous endoscopic).

With a different device, use 00HU01Z (radioactive element), 00HU02Z (monitoring device), 00HU03Z (infusion device) and 00HU0MZ (neurostimulator lead).

It is an operating-room procedure in the MS-DRG logic for DRG 028 (Spinal Procedures with MCC), DRG 029 (Spinal Procedures with CC or Spinal Neurostimulators), DRG 030 (Spinal Procedures without CC/MCC), DRG 518 (Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with MCC or Disc Device or Neurostimulator), DRG 519 (Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with CC) and DRG 520 (Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without CC/MCC), under the surgical categories “Spinal Procedures”, “Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion or Disc Device or Neurostimulator”, “Lymphoma and Leukemia with Major O.R. Procedures” and 3 more.

It was added in FY2018, effective October 1, 2017.