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0L8N4ZZ

Division of Right Lower Leg Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Division of Right Lower Leg Tendon, 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0L800ZZ Division of Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0L803ZZ Division of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0L804ZZ Division of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0L810ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0L813ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0L814ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0L820ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0L823ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0L824ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0L830ZZ Division of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0L833ZZ Division of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0L834ZZ Division of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid