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0RBS0ZZ

Excision of Right Carpometacarpal Joint, 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 Excision of Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Excision of Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Open Approach Excision of Right Carpometacarpal Joint, 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 Excision

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

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

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
0RB00ZX Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB00ZZ Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RB03ZX Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB03ZZ Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RB04ZX Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB04ZZ Excision of Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0RB10ZX Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB10ZZ Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RB13ZX Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB13ZZ Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RB14ZX Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0RB14ZZ Excision of Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid