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0SJJ0ZZ

Inspection of Left Tarsal 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 Inspection of Left Tarsal 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 Inspection

Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers

For example

  • Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy

4. Body Part Tarsal Joint, Left

Also covers

  • Calcaneocuboid joint
  • Cuboideonavicular joint
  • Cuneonavicular joint
  • Intercuneiform joint
  • Subtalar (talocalcaneal) joint
  • Talocalcaneal (subtalar) joint
  • Talocalcaneonavicular joint

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
0SJ00ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SJ03ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SJ04ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SJ0XZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Joint, External Approach Valid
0SJ20ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0SJ23ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SJ24ZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SJ2XZZ Inspection of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, External Approach Valid
0SJ30ZZ Inspection of Lumbosacral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SJ33ZZ Inspection of Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SJ34ZZ Inspection of Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SJ3XZZ Inspection of Lumbosacral Joint, External Approach Valid