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0RQTXZZ

Repair Left Carpometacarpal Joint, 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 Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, External Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, External Approach Repair Left Carpometacarpal 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
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