ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0K Muscles › 0KB Muscles, Excision › 0KBG4ZZ
Excision of Left Trunk Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Excision of Left Trunk Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Excision
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies
For example
- Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy
4. Body Part Trunk Muscle, Left
Also covers
- Coccygeus muscle
- Erector spinae muscle
- Interspinalis muscle
- Intertransversarius muscle
- Latissimus dorsi muscle
- Quadratus lumborum muscle
- Rhomboid major muscle
- Rhomboid minor muscle
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0KB00ZX | Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB00ZZ | Excision of Head Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KB03ZX | Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB03ZZ | Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KB04ZX | Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB04ZZ | Excision of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KB10ZX | Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB10ZZ | Excision of Facial Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KB13ZX | Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB13ZZ | Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KB14ZX | Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic | Valid |
| 0KB14ZZ | Excision of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |