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0KDD0ZZ

Extraction of Left Hand Muscle, Open Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

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

Valid FY2018 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2018 to now.

  1. FY2018 Added to the code set Extraction of Left Hand 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 Extraction

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Dilation and curettage, vein stripping

4. Body Part Hand Muscle, Left

Also covers

  • Adductor pollicis muscle
  • Hypothenar muscle
  • Palmar interosseous muscle
  • Thenar muscle

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
0KD00ZZ Extraction of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD10ZZ Extraction of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD20ZZ Extraction of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD30ZZ Extraction of Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD40ZZ Extraction of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD50ZZ Extraction of Right Shoulder Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD60ZZ Extraction of Left Shoulder Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD70ZZ Extraction of Right Upper Arm Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD80ZZ Extraction of Left Upper Arm Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KD90ZZ Extraction of Right Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KDB0ZZ Extraction of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KDC0ZZ Extraction of Right Hand Muscle, Open Approach Valid