Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0JXM0ZB

Transfer Left Upper Leg Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia with Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0JXM0ZB
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Transfer L Up Leg Subcu/Fascia w Skin, Subcu, Open
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0JXM0ZB is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of transfer left upper leg subcutaneous tissue and fascia with skin and subcutaneous tissue, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0JXM0ZB 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 subcutaneous tissue and fascia body system, classified under transfer operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is subcutaneous tissue and fascia, left upper leg.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System J Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia
3 Operation X Transfer

Involves:
Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part

Explanation:
The body part transferred remains connected to its vascular and nervous supply

Includes:
  • Tendon transfer, skin pedicle flap transfer
4 BodyPart M Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Left Upper Leg Includes:
  • Crural fascia
  • Fascia lata
  • Iliac fascia
  • Iliotibial tract (band)
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 B Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

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 Transfer Subcutaneous Tissue and Fascia, Left Upper 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.