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0LDN0ZZ

Extraction of Right Lower Leg Tendon, 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 Right Lower Leg 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 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

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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0LD00ZZ Extraction of Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach Valid
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0LD20ZZ Extraction of Left Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD30ZZ Extraction of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD40ZZ Extraction of Left Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD50ZZ Extraction of Right Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD60ZZ Extraction of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD70ZZ Extraction of Right Hand Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD80ZZ Extraction of Left Hand Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LD90ZZ Extraction of Right Trunk Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LDB0ZZ Extraction of Left Trunk Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LDC0ZZ Extraction of Right Thorax Tendon, Open Approach Valid