ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0N Head and Facial Bones › 0NQ Head and Facial Bones, Repair › 0NQPXZZ
Repair Right Orbit, External Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Repair Right Orbit, External 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
5. Approach External
Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0NQ00ZZ | Repair Skull, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ03ZZ | Repair Skull, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ04ZZ | Repair Skull, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ0XZZ | Repair Skull, External Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ10ZZ | Repair Frontal Bone, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ13ZZ | Repair Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ14ZZ | Repair Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ1XZZ | Repair Frontal Bone, External Approach | Valid |
| 0NQ20ZZ | Repair Left Frontal Bone, Open Approach | Retired |
| 0NQ23ZZ | Repair Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Approach | Retired |
| 0NQ24ZZ | Repair Left Frontal Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Retired |
| 0NQ2XZZ | Repair Left Frontal Bone, External Approach | Retired |