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0QTP0ZZ

Resection of Left Metatarsal, 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 Resection of Left Metatarsal, 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

4. Body Part Metatarsal, Left

Also covers

  • Fibular sesamoid
  • Tibial sesamoid

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
0QT20ZZ Resection of Right Pelvic Bone, Open Approach Valid
0QT30ZZ Resection of Left Pelvic Bone, Open Approach Valid
0QT40ZZ Resection of Right Acetabulum, Open Approach Valid
0QT50ZZ Resection of Left Acetabulum, Open Approach Valid
0QT60ZZ Resection of Right Upper Femur, Open Approach Valid
0QT70ZZ Resection of Left Upper Femur, Open Approach Valid
0QT80ZZ Resection of Right Femoral Shaft, Open Approach Valid
0QT90ZZ Resection of Left Femoral Shaft, Open Approach Valid
0QTB0ZZ Resection of Right Lower Femur, Open Approach Valid
0QTC0ZZ Resection of Left Lower Femur, Open Approach Valid
0QTD0ZZ Resection of Right Patella, Open Approach Valid
0QTF0ZZ Resection of Left Patella, Open Approach Valid