ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WB Anatomical Regions, General, Excision › 0WBFXZX

0WBFXZX

Excision of Abdominal Wall, External Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision of Abdominal Wall, External Approach, Diagnostic

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 Excision

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

The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

For example

  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy

5. Approach External

Procedures performed directly on the skin or mucous membrane and procedures performed indirectly by the application of external force through the skin or mucous membrane

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
0WB00ZX Excision of Head, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB00ZZ Excision of Head, Open Approach Valid
0WB03ZX Excision of Head, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB03ZZ Excision of Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WB04ZX Excision of Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB04ZZ Excision of Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WB0XZX Excision of Head, External Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB0XZZ Excision of Head, External Approach Valid
0WB20ZX Excision of Face, Open Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB20ZZ Excision of Face, Open Approach Valid
0WB23ZX Excision of Face, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic Valid
0WB23ZZ Excision of Face, Percutaneous Approach Valid