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0Y6C0Z1

Detachment at Right Upper Leg, High, 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 Detachment at Right Upper Leg, High, 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 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
0Y620ZZ Detachment at Right Hindquarter, Open Approach Valid
0Y630ZZ Detachment at Left Hindquarter, Open Approach Valid
0Y640ZZ Detachment at Bilateral Hindquarter, Open Approach Valid
0Y670ZZ Detachment at Right Femoral Region, Open Approach Valid
0Y680ZZ Detachment at Left Femoral Region, Open Approach Valid
0Y6C0Z2 Detachment at Right Upper Leg, Mid, Open Approach Valid
0Y6C0Z3 Detachment at Right Upper Leg, Low, Open Approach Valid
0Y6D0Z1 Detachment at Left Upper Leg, High, Open Approach Valid
0Y6D0Z2 Detachment at Left Upper Leg, Mid, Open Approach Valid
0Y6D0Z3 Detachment at Left Upper Leg, Low, Open Approach Valid
0Y6F0ZZ Detachment at Right Knee Region, Open Approach Valid
0Y6G0ZZ Detachment at Left Knee Region, Open Approach Valid