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0X6L0Z2

Detachment at Right Thumb, Mid, Open Approach

RetiredICD-10-PCS procedure code.

No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.

Billable FY2016 to FY2023. In the code set FY2016 to FY2023, and removed after that.

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 Detachment at Right Thumb, Mid, Open Approach
  2. FY2024 Removed from the code set

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 Detachment

Cutting off all or a portion of the upper or lower extremities

The body part value is the site of the detachment, with a qualifier if applicable to further specify the level where the extremity was detached

For example

  • Below knee amputation, disarticulation of shoulder

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
0X600ZZ Detachment at Right Forequarter, Open Approach Valid
0X610ZZ Detachment at Left Forequarter, Open Approach Valid
0X620ZZ Detachment at Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0X630ZZ Detachment at Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0X680Z1 Detachment at Right Upper Arm, High, Open Approach Valid
0X680Z2 Detachment at Right Upper Arm, Mid, Open Approach Valid
0X680Z3 Detachment at Right Upper Arm, Low, Open Approach Valid
0X690Z1 Detachment at Left Upper Arm, High, Open Approach Valid
0X690Z2 Detachment at Left Upper Arm, Mid, Open Approach Valid
0X690Z3 Detachment at Left Upper Arm, Low, Open Approach Valid
0X6B0ZZ Detachment at Right Elbow Region, Open Approach Valid
0X6C0ZZ Detachment at Left Elbow Region, Open Approach Valid