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0Q5H0ZZ

Destruction of Left Tibia, 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 Destruction of Left Tibia, 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

4. Body Part Tibia, Left

Also covers

  • Lateral condyle of tibia
  • Medial condyle of tibia
  • Medial malleolus

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
0Q500Z3 Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0Q500ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0Q503Z3 Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q503ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q504Z3 Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q504ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q510Z3 Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Open Approach Valid
0Q510ZZ Destruction of Sacrum, Open Approach Valid
0Q513Z3 Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q513ZZ Destruction of Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q514Z3 Destruction of Sacrum using Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q514ZZ Destruction of Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid