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0XQJ0ZZ

Repair Right Hand, 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 Right Hand, 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

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
0XQ20ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0XQ23ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XQ24ZZ Repair Right Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0XQ2XZZ Repair Right Shoulder Region, External Approach Valid
0XQ30ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Region, Open Approach Valid
0XQ33ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XQ34ZZ Repair Left Shoulder Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0XQ3XZZ Repair Left Shoulder Region, External Approach Valid
0XQ40ZZ Repair Right Axilla, Open Approach Valid
0XQ43ZZ Repair Right Axilla, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0XQ44ZZ Repair Right Axilla, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0XQ4XZZ Repair Right Axilla, External Approach Valid