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0S5K0ZZ

Destruction of Right Tarsometatarsal 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 Destruction of Right Metatarsal-Tarsal Joint, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Destruction of Right Metatarsal-Tarsal Joint, Open Approach Destruction of Right Tarsometatarsal 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 Destruction

Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force, or a destructive agent

None of the body part is physically taken out

For example

  • Fulguration of rectal polyp, cautery of skin lesion

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
0S500ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0S503ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0S504ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0S520ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0S523ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0S524ZZ Destruction of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0S530ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0S533ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0S534ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0S540ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0S543ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0S544ZZ Destruction of Lumbosacral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid