ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0MQ Bursae and Ligaments, Repair › 0MQ03ZZ

0MQ03ZZ

Repair Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous 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 Repair Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

4. Body Part Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament

Also covers

  • Alar ligament of axis
  • Cervical interspinous ligament
  • Cervical intertransverse ligament
  • Cervical ligamentum flavum
  • Interspinous ligament, cervical
  • Intertransverse ligament, cervical
  • Lateral temporomandibular ligament
  • Ligamentum flavum, cervical

5. Approach Percutaneous

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0MQ00ZZ Repair Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MQ04ZZ Repair Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MQ10ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MQ13ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MQ14ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MQ20ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MQ23ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MQ24ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MQ30ZZ Repair Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MQ33ZZ Repair Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0MQ34ZZ Repair Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MQ40ZZ Repair Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid