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0QW3X5Z

Revision of External Fixation Device in Left Pelvic Bone, External 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 Revision of External Fixation Device in Left Pelvic Bone, External 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 Revision

Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

Revision can include correcting a malfunctioning or displaced device by taking out or putting in components of the device such as a screw or pin

For example

  • Adjustment of position of pacemaker lead, recementing of hip prosthesis

4. Body Part Pelvic Bone, Left

Also covers

  • Iliac crest
  • Ilium
  • Ischium
  • Pubis

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0QW004Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QW007Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QW00JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QW00KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Open Approach Valid
0QW034Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QW037Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QW03JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QW03KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0QW044Z Revision of Internal Fixation Device in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QW047Z Revision of Autologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QW04JZ Revision of Synthetic Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0QW04KZ Revision of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute in Lumbar Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid