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0LT50ZZ

Resection of Right Lower Arm and Wrist 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 Resection of Right Lower Arm and Wrist 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0LT00ZZ Resection of Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LT04ZZ Resection of Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT10ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LT14ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT20ZZ Resection of Left Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LT24ZZ Resection of Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT30ZZ Resection of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LT34ZZ Resection of Right Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT40ZZ Resection of Left Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LT44ZZ Resection of Left Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT54ZZ Resection of Right Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LT60ZZ Resection of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach Valid