ICD-10-PCS Body System: ICD-10-PCS Body System 0L - Tendons

The ICD-10-PCS root operations related to the Tendons body system cover a wide range of procedures involving cutting, repairing, removing, or modifying tendon structures. Each operation targets specific clinical goals, from inspection to reconstruction.

For example, the procedure Division (0L8) involves cutting into a tendon to separate it without drainage, while Drainage (0L9) is about letting out fluids or gases from the tendon area. Repair (0LQ) aims to restore the tendon’s normal structure and function, whereas Replacement (0LR) entails putting in biological or synthetic material that takes the place of tendon tissue. Other operations include Insertion (0LH), where a non-biological device is placed to assist tendon function, and Extraction (0LD), meaning forcibly pulling out all or part of the tendon. This detailed classification allows precise coding of tendon procedures, essential for accurate clinical documentation and billing.

List of ICD-10-PCS procedures under ICD-10-PCS Body System 0L - Tendons

• 0L2 - 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

• 0L5 - Destruction - Physical eradication of all or a portion of a body part by the direct use of energy, force or a destructive agent

• 0L8 - 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

• 0L9 - Drainage - Taking or letting out fluids and/or gases from a body part

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

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

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

• 0LH - 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

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

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

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

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

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

• 0LR - 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

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

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

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

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

• 0LX - 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