ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System 0K - Muscles

The ICD-10-PCS Muscles root operation category (Character 0K) covers various procedures involving surgical and nonsurgical interventions on muscles within the Medical and Surgical section. These operations range from cutting and removing muscle tissue to inserting devices or repairing muscle function.

Examples include Excision (code 0KB), which involves cutting out a portion of muscle without replacement, and Division (code 0K8), where muscle tissue is cut to separate or transect it without draining fluids. The Insertion root operation (code 0KH) describes placing a non-biological device that assists or monitors muscle function without replacing the muscle itself. Muscle Repair (code 0KQ) entails restoring the muscle’s structure and function as much as possible. Other operations such as Destruction (0K5) physically eradicate muscle tissue, while Drainage (0K9) involves removing fluids or gases from the muscle. Collectively, these ICD-10-PCS muscle codes provide detailed documentation for a wide array of surgical and procedural muscle treatments in clinical and coding settings.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System 0K - Muscles

• 0K2 - Change - Taking out or off a device from a body part and putting back an identical or similar device in or on the same body part without cutting or puncturing the skin or a mucous membrane

• 0K5 - Destruction - Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

• 0K8 - Division - Cutting into a body part without draining fluids and/or gases from the body part in order to separate or transect a body part

• 0K9 - Drainage - Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

• 0KB - Excision - Cutting out or off, without replacement, a portion of a body part

• 0KC - Extirpation - Taking or cutting out solid matter from a body part

• 0KD - Extraction - Pulling or stripping out or off all or a portion of a body part by the use of force

• 0KH - Insertion - Putting in a non-biological appliance that monitors, assists, performs or prevents a physiological function but does not physically take the place of a body part

• 0KJ - Inspection - Visually and/or manually exploring a body part

• 0KM - Reattachment - Putting back in or on all or a portion of a separated body part to its normal location or other suitable location

• 0KN - Release - Freeing a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by use of force

• 0KP - Removal - Taking out or off a device from a body part

• 0KQ - Repair - Restoring, to the extent possible, a body part to its normal anatomic structure and function

• 0KR - Replacement - 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

• 0KS - Reposition - Moving to its normal location or other suitable location all or a portion of a body part

• 0KT - Resection - Cutting out or off, without replacement, all of a body part

• 0KU - Supplement - Putting in or on biological or synthetic material that physically reinforces and/or augments the function of a body part

• 0KW - Revision - Correcting, to the extent possible, a portion of a malfunctioning device or the position of a displaced device

• 0KX - Transfer - Moving, without taking out, all or a portion of a body part to another location to take over the function of all or a portion of a body part