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0SG10A1

Fusion of 2 or more Lumbar Vertebral Joints with Interbody Fusion Device, Posterior Approach, Posterior Column, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2017. In the code set FY2016 to FY2017, and removed after that.

Use instead:

  • 0SG10AJ Fusion of 2 or more Lumbar Vertebral Joints with Interbody Fusion Device, Posterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach stated for FY2017
  • XRGC092 Fusion of 2 or more Lumbar Vertebral Joints using Nanotextured Surface Interbody Fusion Device, Open Approach, New Technology Group 2 stated for FY2016

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 Fusion of 2 or more Lumbar Vertebral Joints with Interbody Fusion Device, Posterior Approach, Posterior Column, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Removed from the code set

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 Fusion

Joining together portions of an articular body part rendering the articular body part immobile

The body part is joined together by fixation device, bone graft, or other means

For example

  • Spinal fusion, ankle arthrodesis

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
0SG0070 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Anterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG0071 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Posterior Approach, Posterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG007J Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Posterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00A0 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Interbody Fusion Device, Anterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00A1 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Interbody Fusion Device, Posterior Approach, Posterior Column, Open Approach Retired
0SG00AJ Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Interbody Fusion Device, Posterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00E0 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Interbody Fusion Device, Custom-Made Anatomically and Virtually Designed, Anterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00EJ Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Interbody Fusion Device, Custom-Made Anatomically and Virtually Designed, Posterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00J0 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Anterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00J1 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Posterior Approach, Posterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00JJ Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Synthetic Substitute, Posterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid
0SG00K0 Fusion of Lumbar Vertebral Joint with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Anterior Approach, Anterior Column, Open Approach Valid