X0HQ05CBillable procedure code

Insertion of Leadless Neurostimulator Generator into Vagus Nerve, Open Approach, New Technology Group 12

New Technology·Nervous System·Table X0H·FY 2027

In ICD-10-PCS, code X0HQ05C describes Insertion of Leadless Neurostimulator Generator into Vagus Nerve, Open Approach, New Technology Group 12. This procedure is listed in table X0H, part of Section X (New Technology). Its root operation is Insertion. The approach used is Open.

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What the code means

Insertion: root operation

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

Open: approach

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