ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0S Lower Joints › 0SJ Lower Joints, Inspection › 0SJM4ZZ
Inspection of Right Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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 Inspection of Right Metatarsal-Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic 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
5. Approach Percutaneous Endoscopic
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |