ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0P Upper Bones › 0PP Upper Bones, Removal › 0PPN04Z
Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Left Carpal, Open 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 Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Left Carpal, 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 Removal
Taking out or off a device from a body part
If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL
For example
- Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
4. Body Part Carpal, Left
Also covers
- Capitate bone
- Hamate bone
- Lunate bone
- Pisiform bone
- Scaphoid bone
- Trapezium bone
- Trapezoid bone
- Triquetral bone
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0PP004Z | Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Sternum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0PP007Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0PP00JZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Sternum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0PP00KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0PP034Z | Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Sternum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0PP037Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0PP03JZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0PP03KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0PP044Z | Removal of Internal Fixation Device from Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0PP047Z | Removal of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0PP04JZ | Removal of Synthetic Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0PP04KZ | Removal of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |