ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia › 0JR Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Replacement › 0JRF07Z

0JRF07Z

Replacement of Left Upper Arm Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Replacement of Left Upper Arm Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

For example

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

4. Body Part Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Left Upper Arm

Also covers

  • Axillary fascia
  • Deltoid fascia
  • Infraspinatus fascia
  • Subscapular aponeurosis
  • Supraspinatus fascia

5. Approach Open

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

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0JR007Z Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR00JZ Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR00KZ Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR037Z Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JR03JZ Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JR03KZ Replacement of Scalp Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JR107Z Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR10JZ Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR10KZ Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0JR137Z Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JR13JZ Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0JR13KZ Replacement of Face Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid