ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0W Anatomical Regions, General › 0WQ Anatomical Regions, General, Repair › 0WQ8XZZ
Repair Chest Wall, External 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 Repair Chest Wall, External 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 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
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |