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0LBS0ZZ

Excision of Right Ankle Tendon, 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 Excision of Right Ankle Tendon, 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 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

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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0LB00ZX Excision of Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
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0LB03ZX Excision of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0LB03ZZ Excision of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LB04ZX Excision of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0LB04ZZ Excision of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LB10ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0LB10ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LB13ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0LB13ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0LB14ZX Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0LB14ZZ Excision of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid