ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0K Muscles › 0KC Muscles, Extirpation › 0KCT3ZZ
Extirpation of Matter from Left Lower Leg Muscle, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation of Matter from Left Lower Leg Muscle, Percutaneous 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 Extirpation
Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part
The solid matter may be an abnormal byproduct of a biological function or a foreign body; it may be imbedded in a body part or in the lumen of a tubular body part. The solid matter may or may not have been previously broken into pieces
For example
- Thrombectomy, choledocholithotomy
4. Body Part Lower Leg Muscle, Left
Also covers
- Extensor digitorum longus muscle
- Extensor hallucis longus muscle
- Fibularis brevis muscle
- Fibularis longus muscle
- Flexor digitorum longus muscle
- Flexor hallucis longus muscle
- Gastrocnemius muscle
- Peroneus brevis muscle
5. Approach Percutaneous
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0KC00ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Head Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KC03ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Head Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KC04ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KC10ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Facial Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KC13ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KC14ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KC20ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KC23ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KC24ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0KC30ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0KC33ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0KC34ZZ | Extirpation of Matter from Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |