ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0S Lower Joints › 0ST Lower Joints, Resection › 0STD0ZZ

0STD0ZZ

Resection of Left Knee 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 Resection of Left Knee 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 Resection

Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

For example

  • Total nephrectomy, total lobectomy of lung

4. Body Part Knee Joint, Left

Also covers

  • Femoropatellar joint
  • Femorotibial joint
  • Lateral meniscus
  • Medial meniscus
  • Patellofemoral joint
  • Tibiofemoral 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
0ST20ZZ Resection of Lumbar Vertebral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0ST40ZZ Resection of Lumbosacral Disc, Open Approach Valid
0ST50ZZ Resection of Sacrococcygeal Joint, Open Approach Valid
0ST60ZZ Resection of Coccygeal Joint, Open Approach Valid
0ST70ZZ Resection of Right Sacroiliac Joint, Open Approach Valid
0ST80ZZ Resection of Left Sacroiliac Joint, Open Approach Valid
0ST90ZZ Resection of Right Hip Joint, Open Approach Valid
0STB0ZZ Resection of Left Hip Joint, Open Approach Valid
0STC0ZZ Resection of Right Knee Joint, Open Approach Valid
0STF0ZZ Resection of Right Ankle Joint, Open Approach Valid
0STG0ZZ Resection of Left Ankle Joint, Open Approach Valid
0STH0ZZ Resection of Right Tarsal Joint, Open Approach Valid