ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0M Bursae and Ligaments › 0MT Bursae and Ligaments, Resection › 0MT80ZZ

0MT80ZZ

Resection of Left Hand 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 Resection of Left Hand 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

4. Body Part Hand Bursa and Ligament, Left

Also covers

  • Carpometacarpal ligament
  • Intercarpal ligament
  • Interphalangeal ligament
  • Lunotriquetral ligament
  • Metacarpal ligament
  • Metacarpophalangeal ligament
  • Pisohamate ligament
  • Pisometacarpal 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
0MT00ZZ Resection of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT04ZZ Resection of Head and Neck Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MT10ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT14ZZ Resection of Right Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MT20ZZ Resection of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT24ZZ Resection of Left Shoulder Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MT30ZZ Resection of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT34ZZ Resection of Right Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MT40ZZ Resection of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT44ZZ Resection of Left Elbow Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0MT50ZZ Resection of Right Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach Valid
0MT54ZZ Resection of Right Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid