ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0MD Bursae and Ligaments, Extraction › 0MD64ZZ

0MD64ZZ

Extraction of Left Wrist Bursa and Ligament, 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 Extraction of Left Wrist Bursa and Ligament, 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 Extraction

Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify extraction procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Dilation and curettage, vein stripping

4. Body Part Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Left

Also covers

  • Palmar ulnocarpal ligament
  • Radial collateral carpal ligament
  • Radiocarpal ligament
  • Radioulnar ligament
  • Scapholunate ligament
  • Ulnar collateral carpal ligament

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
0MD00ZZ Extraction of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MD03ZZ Extraction of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MD04ZZ Extraction of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MD10ZZ Extraction of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MD13ZZ Extraction of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MD14ZZ Extraction of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MD20ZZ Extraction of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MD23ZZ Extraction of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MD24ZZ Extraction of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MD30ZZ Extraction of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MD33ZZ Extraction of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MD34ZZ Extraction of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid