ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0M8 Bursae and Ligaments, Division › 0M840ZZ

0M840ZZ

Division of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, 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 Division of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Left

Also covers

  • Annular ligament
  • Olecranon bursa
  • Radial collateral ligament
  • Ulnar collateral ligament

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
0M800ZZ Division of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0M803ZZ Division of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0M804ZZ Division of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0M810ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0M813ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0M814ZZ Division of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0M820ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0M823ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0M824ZZ Division of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0M830ZZ Division of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0M833ZZ Division of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0M834ZZ Division of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid