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0QH947Z

Insertion of Intramedullary Limb Lengthening Internal Fixation Device into Left Femoral Shaft, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2020 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2020 to now.

  1. FY2020 Added to the code set Insertion of Intramedullary Limb Lengthening Internal Fixation Device into Left Femoral Shaft, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Insertion

Putting in a nonbiological appliance that monitors, assists, performs, or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

For example

  • Insertion of radioactive implant, insertion of central venous catheter

4. Body Part Femoral Shaft, Left

Also covers

  • Body of femur

5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic

Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0QH004Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QH005Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QH034Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QH035Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QH044Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QH045Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QH104Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sacrum, Open Approach Valid
0QH105Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Sacrum, Open Approach Valid
0QH134Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QH135Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Sacrum, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QH144Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QH145Z Insertion of External Fixation Device into Sacrum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid