0W310ZZBillable procedure code

Control Bleeding in Cranial Cavity, Open Approach

Medical and Surgical·Anatomical Regions, General·Table 0W3·FY 2027

ICD-10-PCS classifies this procedure as 0W310ZZ: Control Bleeding in Cranial Cavity, Open Approach. Table 0W3, part of Section 0 (Medical and Surgical) contains it. The procedure targets the Anatomical Regions, General body system. The approach used is Open.

Advertisements

What the code means

Control: root operation

Stopping, or attempting to stop, postprocedural or other acute bleeding

Includes: Control of post-prostatectomy hemorrhage, control of intracranial subdural hemorrhage, control of bleeding duodenal ulcer, control of retroperitoneal hemorrhage

Open: approach

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