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0LJ

Tendons, Inspection

Not billableICD-10-PCS procedure code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:

  • 0LJX0ZZ Inspection of Upper Tendon, Open Approach
  • 0LJX3ZZ Inspection of Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0LJX4ZZ Inspection of Upper Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0LJXXZZ Inspection of Upper Tendon, External Approach
  • 0LJY0ZZ Inspection of Lower Tendon, Open Approach
  • 0LJY3ZZ Inspection of Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0LJY4ZZ Inspection of Lower Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0LJYXZZ Inspection of Lower Tendon, External Approach

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 Tendons, Inspection