Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0K8B0ZZ

Division of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0K8B0ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Division of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0K8B0ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of division of left lower arm and wrist muscle, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0K8B0ZZ 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 muscles body system, classified under division operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is lower arm and wrist muscle, left.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System K Muscles
3 Operation 8 Division

Involves:
Cutting into a body part, without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part, in order to separate or transect a body part

Explanation:
All or a portion of the body part is separated into two or more portions

Includes:
  • Spinal cordotomy, osteotomy
4 BodyPart B Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Left Includes:
  • Anatomical snuffbox
  • Brachioradialis muscle
  • Extensor carpi radialis muscle
  • Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle
  • Flexor carpi radialis muscle
  • Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
  • Flexor pollicis longus muscle
  • Palmaris longus muscle
  • Pronator quadratus muscle
  • Pronator teres muscle
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.

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Division Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Left

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.