ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0MM Bursae and Ligaments, Reattachment › 0MM20ZZ

0MM20ZZ

Reattachment of Left Shoulder 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 Reattachment of Left Shoulder 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 Reattachment

Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

Vascular circulation and nervous pathways may or may not be reestablished

For example

  • Reattachment of hand, reattachment of avulsed kidney

4. Body Part Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Left

Also covers

  • Acromioclavicular ligament
  • Coracoacromial ligament
  • Coracoclavicular ligament
  • Coracohumeral ligament
  • Costoclavicular ligament
  • Glenohumeral ligament
  • Interclavicular ligament
  • Sternoclavicular 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
0MM00ZZ Reattachment of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MM04ZZ Reattachment of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM10ZZ Reattachment of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MM14ZZ Reattachment of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM24ZZ Reattachment of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM30ZZ Reattachment of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MM34ZZ Reattachment of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM40ZZ Reattachment of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MM44ZZ Reattachment of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM50ZZ Reattachment of Right Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MM54ZZ Reattachment of Right Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MM60ZZ Reattachment of Left Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid