Surgery, wrong body part
Full descriptor
Surgical or other invasive procedure on wrong body part
Details
- Code
- PA
- Short descriptor
- Surgery, wrong body part
- Code set
- HCPCS Modifiers
- Release
- July 2026
- Status
- Active
- Added
- Jul 1 2009
Nearby codes
Code sets are published in blocks, so neighbours are usually related.
Normal healthy patient
Patient w/mild syst disease
Patient w/severe sys disease
Pt w/sev sys dis threat life
Pt not expect surv w/o oper
Brain-dead pt organs removed
Surgery, wrong patient
Wrong surgery on patient
Sources
- CMS HCPCS Modifiers — July 2026, public domain
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