Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0MB50ZX

Excision of Right Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Open Approach, Diagnostic

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0MB50ZX
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Excision of R Wrist Bursa/Lig, Open Approach, Diagn
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0MB50ZX is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of excision of right wrist bursa and ligament, open approach, diagnostic. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0MB50ZX 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 bursae and ligaments body system, classified under excision operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is wrist bursa and ligament, right.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System M Bursae and Ligaments
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 5 Wrist Bursa and Ligament, Right Includes:
  • Palmar ulnocarpal ligament
  • Radial collateral carpal ligament
  • Radiocarpal ligament
  • Radioulnar ligament
  • Scapholunate ligament
  • Ulnar collateral carpal ligament
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 X Diagnostic

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Excision Wrist Bursa and Ligament, 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.