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0YQJXZZ

Repair Left Lower Leg, External 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 Left Lower Leg, 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
0YQ00ZZ Repair Right Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YQ03ZZ Repair Right Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YQ04ZZ Repair Right Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YQ0XZZ Repair Right Buttock, External Approach Valid
0YQ10ZZ Repair Left Buttock, Open Approach Valid
0YQ13ZZ Repair Left Buttock, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YQ14ZZ Repair Left Buttock, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YQ1XZZ Repair Left Buttock, External Approach Valid
0YQ50ZZ Repair Right Inguinal Region, Open Approach Valid
0YQ53ZZ Repair Right Inguinal Region, Percutaneous Approach Valid
0YQ54ZZ Repair Right Inguinal Region, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach Valid
0YQ5XZZ Repair Right Inguinal Region, External Approach Valid