ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0S Lower Joints › 0SG Lower Joints, Fusion › 0SGC04Z
Fusion of Right Knee Joint with Internal Fixation Device, Open Approach
ValidICD-10-PCS procedure code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Fusion of Right Knee Joint with Internal Fixation Device, 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 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |