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0QR93JZ

Replacement of Left Femoral Shaft with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Replacement of Left Femoral Shaft with Synthetic Substitute, 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 Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

For example

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

4. Body Part Femoral Shaft, Left

Also covers

  • Body of femur

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

6. Device Synthetic Substitute

For example

  • AbioCor(R) Total Replacement Heart
  • AMPLATZER(R) Muscular VSD Occluder
  • Annuloplasty ring
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) (E/X)(LP) mesh
  • Bard(R) Composix(R) Kugel(R) patch
  • Bard(R) Dulex(tm) mesh
  • Bard(R) Ventralex(tm) hernia patch
  • Barricaid(R) Annular Closure Device (ACD)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0QR007Z Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QR00JZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QR00KZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QR037Z Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QR03JZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QR03KZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QR047Z Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QR04JZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Synthetic Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QR04KZ Replacement of Lumbar Vertebra with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QR107Z Replacement of Sacrum with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QR10JZ Replacement of Sacrum with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0QR10KZ Replacement of Sacrum with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid