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0RRA07Z

Replacement of Thoracolumbar Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Replacement of Thoracolumbar Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, 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 Replacement

Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

For example

  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft

4. Body Part Thoracolumbar Vertebral Joint

Also covers

  • Thoracolumbar facet joint

5. Approach Open

Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure

6. Device Autologous Tissue Substitute

For example

  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0RR007Z Replacement of Occipital-cervical Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR00JZ Replacement of Occipital-cervical Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR00KZ Replacement of Occipital-cervical Joint with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR107Z Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR10JZ Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR10KZ Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Joint with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR307Z Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Disc with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR30JZ Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Disc with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR30KZ Replacement of Cervical Vertebral Disc with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR407Z Replacement of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR40JZ Replacement of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Open Approach Valid
0RR40KZ Replacement of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Open Approach Valid