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0RTJ0ZZ

Resection of Right Shoulder 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 Resection of Right Shoulder 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

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
0RT30ZZ Resection of Cervical Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0RT40ZZ Resection of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RT50ZZ Resection of Cervicothoracic Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0RT90ZZ Resection of Thoracic Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0RTB0ZZ Resection of Thoracolumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0RTC0ZZ Resection of Right Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTD0ZZ Resection of Left Temporomandibular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTE0ZZ Resection of Right Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTF0ZZ Resection of Left Sternoclavicular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTG0ZZ Resection of Right Acromioclavicular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTH0ZZ Resection of Left Acromioclavicular Joint, Open Approach Valid
0RTK0ZZ Resection of Left Shoulder Joint, Open Approach Valid