ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0B Respiratory System › 0BQ Respiratory System, Repair › 0BQS0ZZ

0BQS0ZZ

Repair Left Diaphragm, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0BQT0ZZ Repair Diaphragm, Open Approach stated for FY2017
  • 0BRT07Z Replacement of Diaphragm with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach stated for FY2017
  • 0BRT0JZ Replacement of Diaphragm with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach stated for FY2017
  • 0BRT0KZ Replacement of Diaphragm with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach stated for FY2017

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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Repair Left Diaphragm, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0BQ10ZZ Repair Trachea, Open Approach Valid
0BQ13ZZ Repair Trachea, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BQ14ZZ Repair Trachea, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BQ17ZZ Repair Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0BQ18ZZ Repair Trachea, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0BQ20ZZ Repair Carina, Open Approach Valid
0BQ23ZZ Repair Carina, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0BQ24ZZ Repair Carina, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0BQ27ZZ Repair Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Valid
0BQ28ZZ Repair Carina, Via Natural or Artificial Opening Endoscopic Valid
0BQ30ZZ Repair Right Main Bronchus, Open Approach Valid
0BQ33ZZ Repair Right Main Bronchus, Percutaneous Approach Valid