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0PQN3ZZ

Repair Left Carpal, 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 Left Carpal, 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 Carpal, Left

Also covers

  • Capitate bone
  • Hamate bone
  • Lunate bone
  • Pisiform bone
  • Scaphoid bone
  • Trapezium bone
  • Trapezoid bone
  • Triquetral bone

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
0PQ00ZZ Repair Sternum, Open Approach Valid
0PQ03ZZ Repair Sternum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PQ04ZZ Repair Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PQ0XZZ Repair Sternum, External Approach Valid
0PQ10ZZ Repair 1 to 2 Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PQ13ZZ Repair 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PQ14ZZ Repair 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PQ1XZZ Repair 1 to 2 Ribs, External Approach Valid
0PQ20ZZ Repair 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach Valid
0PQ23ZZ Repair 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0PQ24ZZ Repair 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0PQ2XZZ Repair 3 or More Ribs, External Approach Valid