Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0KQB0ZZ

Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0KQB0ZZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Code Navigator:

0KQB0ZZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of repair left lower arm and wrist muscle, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0KQB0ZZ 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 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 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 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.

Replaced Code

0KQB0ZZ was replaced in the 2024 ICD-10-PCS code set with the code(s):

  • 0KRB07Z - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Autol Sub, Open
  • 0KRB07Z - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Autol Sub, Open
  • 0KRB07Z - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Autol Sub, Open
  • 0KRB07Z - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Autol Sub, Open
  • 0KRB07Z - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Autol Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0JZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Synth Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0JZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Synth Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0JZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Synth Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0JZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Synth Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0JZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Synth Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0KZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0KZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0KZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0KZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Open
  • 0KRB0KZ - Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Open

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Repair 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.