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0RSMX5Z

Reposition Left Elbow Joint with External Fixation Device, 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 Reposition Left Elbow Joint with External Fixation Device, 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 Reposition

Moving to its normal location, or other suitable location, all or a portion of a body part

The body part is moved to a new location from an abnormal location, or from a normal location where it is not functioning correctly. The body part may or may not be cut out or off to be moved to the new location

For example

  • Reposition of undescended testicle, fracture reduction

4. Body Part Elbow Joint, Left

Also covers

  • Distal humerus, involving joint
  • Humeroradial joint
  • Humeroulnar joint
  • Proximal radioulnar joint

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
0RS004Z Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach Valid
0RS00ZZ Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RS034Z Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RS03ZZ Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RS044Z Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0RS04ZZ Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0RS0X4Z Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint with Internal Fixation Device, External Approach Valid
0RS0XZZ Reposition Occipital-cervical Joint, External Approach Valid
0RS104Z Reposition Cervical Vertebral Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach Valid
0RS10ZZ Reposition Cervical Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RS134Z Reposition Cervical Vertebral Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0RS13ZZ Reposition Cervical Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid