A method and apparatus for referencing a parameter set to permit decoding of a coded point cloud sequence includes parsing a parameter set associated with the coded point cloud sequence. A dependent parameter set is identified based on parsing the parameter set. It is identified whether the dependent parameter set is a patch-level parameter set. The patch-level parameter set is referenced based on identifying that the dependent parameter set is the patch-level parameter set to permit the decoding of the coded point cloud sequence. A frame-level parameter set is referenced based on identifying that the dependent parameter set is not the patch-level parameter set to permit the decoding of the coded point cloud sequence.