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0RHL04Z

Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Right Elbow 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 Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Right Elbow 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 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

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
0RH003Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH004Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH008Z Insertion of Spacer into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH00BZ Insertion of Interspinous Process Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH00CZ Insertion of Pedicle-Based Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH00DZ Insertion of Facet Replacement Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RH033Z Insertion of Infusion Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RH034Z Insertion of Internal Fixation Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RH038Z Insertion of Spacer into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RH03BZ Insertion of Interspinous Process Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RH03CZ Insertion of Pedicle-Based Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RH03DZ Insertion of Facet Replacement Spinal Stabilization Device into Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid