ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0S Lower Joints › 0SQ Lower Joints, Repair › 0SQL0ZZ

0SQL0ZZ

Repair Left 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 Repair Left Metatarsal-Tarsal Joint, Open Approach
  2. FY2018 Description revised Repair Left Metatarsal-Tarsal Joint, Open Approach Repair Left 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 Repair

Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

For example

  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

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
0SQ00ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SQ03ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SQ04ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SQ0XZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Joint, External Approach Valid
0SQ20ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0SQ23ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SQ24ZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SQ2XZZ Repair Lumbar Vertebral Disc, External Approach Valid
0SQ30ZZ Repair Lumbosacral Joint, Open Approach Valid
0SQ33ZZ Repair Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0SQ34ZZ Repair Lumbosacral Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0SQ3XZZ Repair Lumbosacral Joint, External Approach Valid