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0KTW0ZZ

Resection of Left Foot Muscle, 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 Resection of Left Foot 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

4. Body Part Foot Muscle, Left

Also covers

  • Abductor hallucis muscle
  • Adductor hallucis muscle
  • Extensor digitorum brevis muscle
  • Extensor hallucis brevis muscle
  • Flexor digitorum brevis muscle
  • Flexor hallucis brevis muscle
  • Quadratus plantae muscle

5. Approach Open

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

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0KT00ZZ Resection of Head Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT04ZZ Resection of Head Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KT10ZZ Resection of Facial Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT14ZZ Resection of Facial Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KT20ZZ Resection of Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT24ZZ Resection of Right Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KT30ZZ Resection of Left Neck Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT34ZZ Resection of Left Neck Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KT40ZZ Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT44ZZ Resection of Tongue, Palate, Pharynx Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0KT50ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Muscle, Open Approach Valid
0KT54ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Muscle, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid