Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach

What this code says

Each character is read in its own position, so the same letter means different things in different places. Definitions are CMS's own.

3. Root operation Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

For example

Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer

5. Approach Open

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
08XL3ZZ	Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, Percutaneous Approach	Valid
08XM0ZZ	Transfer Left Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach	Valid
08XM3ZZ	Transfer Left Extraocular Muscle, Percutaneous Approach	Valid

At a glance

Code: 08XL0ZZ
System: ICD-10-PCS
Status: Valid
Valid: FY2016 onwards
In the code set: FY2016 onwards
Part of: 08X

Where this code sits

Section 0 Medical and Surgical
Body system 08 Eye
Category 08X Eye, Transfer
This code 08XL0ZZ Transfer Right Extraocular Muscle, Open Approach

What each character means

0 Section Medical and Surgical
8 Body system Eye
X Root operation Transfer
L Body Part Extraocular Muscle, Right
0 Approach Open
Z Device No Device
Z Qualifier No Qualifier

Source

ICD-10-PCS FY2027 code set, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Effective October 1, 2026.

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