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0LX40ZZ

Transfer Left Upper Arm 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 Transfer Left Upper Arm 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 Transfer

Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

For example

  • Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer

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
0LX00ZZ Transfer Head and Neck Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LX04ZZ Transfer Head and Neck Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX10ZZ Transfer Right Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LX14ZZ Transfer Right Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX20ZZ Transfer Left Shoulder Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LX24ZZ Transfer Left Shoulder Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX30ZZ Transfer Right Upper Arm Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LX34ZZ Transfer Right Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX44ZZ Transfer Left Upper Arm Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX50ZZ Transfer Right Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach Valid
0LX54ZZ Transfer Right Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0LX60ZZ Transfer Left Lower Arm and Wrist Tendon, Open Approach Valid