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0LJX4ZZ

Inspection of Upper 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 Inspection of Upper 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 Inspection

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

For example

  • Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy

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