Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0KRB4KZ

Replacement of Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle with Nonautologous Tissue Substitute, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0KRB4KZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Replace L Low Arm & Wrist Muscle w Nonaut Sub, Perc Endo
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0KRB4KZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of replacement of left lower arm and wrist muscle with nonautologous tissue substitute, percutaneous endoscopic approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0KRB4KZ 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 replacement 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 R Replacement

Involves:
Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically takes the place and/or function of all or a portion of a body part

Explanation:
The body part may have been taken out or replaced, or may be taken out, physically eradicated, or rendered nonfunctional during the Replacement procedure. A Removal procedure is coded for taking out the device used in a previous replacement procedure

Includes:
  • Total hip replacement, bone graft, free skin graft
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 4 Percutaneous Endoscopic

Involves:
Entry, by puncture or minor incision, of instrumentation through the skin or mucous membrane and any other body layers necessary to reach and visualize the site of the procedure

6 Device K Nonautologous Tissue Substitute Includes:
  • Acellular Hydrated Dermis
  • Bone bank bone graft
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Fistula Plug(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Hernia Graft(s)
  • Cook Biodesign(R) Layered Graft(s)
  • Cook Zenapro(tm) Layered Graft(s)
  • MIRODERM(tm) Biologic Wound Matrix
  • Tissue bank graft
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.

Replacement Code

0KRB4KZ replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-PCS code(s):

  • 0KQB4ZZ - Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Perc Endo Approach
  • 0KQB4ZZ - Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Perc Endo Approach
  • 0KQB4ZZ - Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Perc Endo Approach
  • 0KQB4ZZ - Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Perc Endo Approach
  • 0KQB4ZZ - Repair Left Lower Arm and Wrist Muscle, Perc Endo Approach

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 Replacement 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.