Version 2024
Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Procedure Code 0SPC0EZ

Removal of Articulating Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach

ICD-10-PCS Code:
0SPC0EZ
ICD-10-PCS Code for:
Removal of Articulating Spacer from R Knee Jt, Open Approach
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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0SPC0EZ is a billable procedure code used to specify the performance of removal of articulating spacer from right knee joint, open approach. The code is valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.

0SPC0EZ 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 lower joints body system, classified under removal operation. The applicable bodypart for this procedure code is knee joint, right.

Position Designation Character Label Procedures Notes
1 Section 0 Medical and Surgical
2 Body System S Lower Joints
3 Operation P Removal

Involves:
Taking out or off a device from a body part

Explanation:
If a device is taken out and a similar device put in without cutting or puncturing the skin or mucous membrane, the procedure is coded to the root operation CHANGE. Otherwise, the procedure for taking out a device is coded to the root operation REMOVAL

Includes:
  • Drainage tube removal, cardiac pacemaker removal
4 BodyPart C Knee Joint, Right Includes:
  • Femoropatellar joint
  • Femorotibial joint
  • Lateral meniscus
  • Medial meniscus
  • Patellofemoral joint
  • Tibiofemoral joint
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 E Articulating Spacer
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

0SPC0EZ replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10-PCS code(s):

  • 0SPC08Z - Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC08Z - Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC08Z - Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC08Z - Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC08Z - Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach

Clinical Classification

Other ICD-10-PCS Codes Used for Removal Knee Joint, 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.