Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0KQ20ZZ

Repair Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0KQ20ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Repair Right Neck Muscle, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

0KQ20ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of repair right neck muscle, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0KQ20ZZ 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 repair operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is neck muscle, right.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System K Muscles
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 2 Neck Muscle, Right Includes:
  • Anterior vertebral muscle
  • Arytenoid muscle
  • Cricothyroid muscle
  • Infrahyoid muscle
  • Levator scapulae muscle
  • Platysma muscle
  • Scalene muscle
  • Splenius cervicis muscle
  • Sternocleidomastoid muscle
  • Suprahyoid muscle
  • Thyroarytenoid 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.

Replaced Code

0KQ20ZZ was replaced in the 2024 ICD-10-PCS code set with the code(s):

  • 0KR207Z - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR207Z - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR207Z - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR207Z - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR207Z - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Autol Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20JZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20JZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20JZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20JZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20JZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Synth Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20KZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20KZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20KZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20KZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach
  • 0KR20KZ - Replacement of R Neck Muscle with Nonaut Sub, Open Approach

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Repair Neck 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.