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Version 2025
Billable Code

2025 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 00QJ0ZZ

Repair Trochlear Nerve, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
00QJ0ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Repair Trochlear Nerve, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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00QJ0ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of repair trochlear nerve, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2025 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The procedure code involves restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function. Procedure code explanation: used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations colostomy takedown, suture of laceration

00QJ0ZZ PCS Table

In an PCS table each code is represented by up seven alphanumeric characters, with each character in the table respresenting different aspects of the procedure. In the table provided below, each row represents an individual character and includes information about the character's position, designation, label, and procedure notes. For this PCS table the procedure code is in the medical and surgical section and is part of the central nervous system and cranial nerves body system, classified under repair operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is trochlear nerve.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System 0 Central Nervous System and Cranial Nerves
3 Operation Q Repair

Involves:
Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

Explanation:
Used only when the method to accomplish the repair is not one of the other root operations

Includes:
  • Colostomy takedown, suture of laceration
4 BodyPart J Trochlear Nerve Includes:
  • Fourth cranial nerve
5 Approach 0 Open

Involves:
Cutting through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to expose the site of the procedure
6 Device Z No Device

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the sixth character to indicate that a specific device does not apply to the procedure.
7 Qualifier Z No Qualifier

Explanation:
The value Z is used for the seventh character to indicate that a specific qualifier does not apply to the procedure.

Replaced Code

00QJ0ZZ was replaced in the 2025 ICD-10-PCS code set with the code(s):

  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ07Z - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Autol Sub, Open Approac
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0JZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approac
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00RJ0KZ - Replacement of Trochlear Nrv with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0JZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 00UJ0KZ - Supplement Trochlear Nerve with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach

Clinical Classification

  • Clinical Category is Meninges repair

  • CCSR Category Code: CNS011
  • Clinical Domain is Central Nervous System Procedures - CNS contains 14 categories that include procedures performed on the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, and CNS nerves) such as spinal cord decompression, lumbar puncture, and spinal epidural catheter placement.

Convert to ICD-9-PCS

The following crosswalk between ICD-10-PCS to ICD-9-PCS is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Repair Trochlear Nerve


  • 00QJ3ZZ Repair Trochlear Nerve, Percutaneous Approach
  • 00QJ4ZZ Repair Trochlear Nerve, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

What is ICD-10-PCS?

The ICD-10 Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) is a catalog of procedural codes used by medical professionals for hospital inpatient healthcare settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates. The 2025 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Each ICD-10-PCS code has a structure of seven alphanumeric characters and contains no decimals. The first character defines the major "section". Depending on the "section" the second through seventh characters mean different things.