ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0R Upper Joints › 0RQ Upper Joints, Repair › 0RQCXZZ
Repair Right Temporomandibular Joint, External Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Repair Right Temporomandibular Joint, 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 Repair
Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function
Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations
For example
- Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration
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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 0RQ00ZZ | Repair Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ03ZZ | Repair Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ04ZZ | Repair Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ0XZZ | Repair Occipital-cervical Joint, External Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ10ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ13ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ14ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ1XZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Joint, External Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ30ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Disc, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ33ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ34ZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0RQ3XZZ | Repair Cervical Vertebral Disc, External Approach | Valid |