ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WQ Anatomical Regions, General, Repair › 0WQ60ZZ

0WQ60ZZ

Repair Neck, 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 Neck, 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

4. Body Part Neck

Also covers

  • Parapharyngeal space
  • Retropharyngeal space

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
0WQ00ZZ Repair Head, Open Approach Valid
0WQ03ZZ Repair Head, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WQ04ZZ Repair Head, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ0XZZ Repair Head, External Approach Valid
0WQ20ZZ Repair Face, Open Approach Valid
0WQ23ZZ Repair Face, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WQ24ZZ Repair Face, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ2XZZ Repair Face, External Approach Valid
0WQ30ZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach Valid
0WQ33ZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0WQ34ZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0WQ3XZZ Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach Valid