ICD-10-PCS › 0 Medical and Surgical › 0Y Anatomical Regions, Lower Extremities › 0YJ Anatomical Regions, Lower... › 0YJ7XZZ
Inspection of Right Femoral Region, 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 Inspection of Right Femoral Region, 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 Inspection
Visually and/or manually exploring a body part
Visual exploration may be performed with or without optical instrumentation. Manual exploration may be performed directly or through intervening body layers
For example
- Diagnostic arthroscopy, exploratory laparotomy
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0YJ00ZZ | Inspection of Right Buttock, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ03ZZ | Inspection of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ04ZZ | Inspection of Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ0XZZ | Inspection of Right Buttock, External Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ10ZZ | Inspection of Left Buttock, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ13ZZ | Inspection of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ14ZZ | Inspection of Left Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ1XZZ | Inspection of Left Buttock, External Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ50ZZ | Inspection of Right Inguinal Region, Open Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ53ZZ | Inspection of Right Inguinal Region, Percutaneous Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ54ZZ | Inspection of Right Inguinal Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach | Valid |
| 0YJ5XZZ | Inspection of Right Inguinal Region, External Approach | Valid |