Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0KBH0ZZ

Excision of Right Thorax Muscle, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0KBH0ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Excision of Right Thorax Muscle, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0KBH0ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of excision of right thorax muscle, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0KBH0ZZ 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 excision operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is thorax muscle, right.

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

Involves:
Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

Explanation:
The qualifier DIAGNOSTIC is used to identify excision procedures that are biopsies

Includes:
  • Partial nephrectomy, liver biopsy
4 BodyPart H Thorax Muscle, Right Includes:
  • Intercostal muscle
  • Levatores costarum muscle
  • Pectoralis major muscle
  • Pectoralis minor muscle
  • Serratus anterior muscle
  • Subclavius muscle
  • Subcostal muscle
  • Transverse thoracis 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 Excision Thorax Muscle, Right

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.