Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0HRKX73

Replacement of Right Lower Leg Skin with Autologous Tissue Substitute, Full Thickness, External Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0HRKX73
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Replace R Low Leg Skin w Autol Sub, Full Thick, Extern
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0HRKX73 is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of replacement of right lower leg skin with autologous tissue substitute, full thickness, external approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0HRKX73 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 skin and breast body system, classified under replacement operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is skin, right lower leg.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System H Skin and Breast
3 Operation R Replacement

Involves:
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

Explanation:
The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

Includes:
  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft
4 BodyPart K Skin, Right Lower Leg  
5 Approach X External

Involves:
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

6 Device 7 Autologous Tissue Substitute Includes:
  • Autograft
  • Cultured epidermal cell autograft
  • Epicel(R) cultured epidermal autograft
7 Qualifier 3 Full Thickness

Clinical Classification

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 Replacement Skin, Right Lower Leg

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 2024 ICD-10-PCS codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

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.