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0Q8C0ZZ

Division of Left Lower Femur, 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 Division of Left Lower Femur, 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 Division

Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

For example

  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy

4. Body Part Lower Femur, Left

Also covers

  • Lateral condyle of femur
  • Lateral epicondyle of femur
  • Medial condyle of femur
  • Medial epicondyle of femur

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
0Q800ZZ Division of Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0Q803ZZ Division of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q804ZZ Division of Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q810ZZ Division of Sacrum, Open Approach Valid
0Q813ZZ Division of Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q814ZZ Division of Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q820ZZ Division of Right Pelvic Bone, Open Approach Valid
0Q823ZZ Division of Right Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q824ZZ Division of Right Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0Q830ZZ Division of Left Pelvic Bone, Open Approach Valid
0Q833ZZ Division of Left Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0Q834ZZ Division of Left Pelvic Bone, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid