0PC20ZZ
0PC20ZZ: Extirpation of Matter from 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Extirpation of Matter from 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach
How 0PC20ZZ is built
Every ICD-10-PCS code is seven independent character positions. Each one is a separate decision, and the meaning of a character depends on the positions before it.
- 0SectionMedical and Surgical: What family of procedure this is
- PBody systemWhich system it acts on
- CRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
- 2Body partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 0PC20ZZ
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 0PBV4ZZExcision of Left Finger Phalanx, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0PC00ZZExtirpation of Matter from Sternum, Open Approach
- 0PC03ZZExtirpation of Matter from Sternum, Percutaneous Approach
- 0PC04ZZExtirpation of Matter from Sternum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0PC10ZZExtirpation of Matter from 1 to 2 Ribs, Open Approach
- 0PC13ZZExtirpation of Matter from 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Approach
- 0PC14ZZExtirpation of Matter from 1 to 2 Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0PC20ZZExtirpation of Matter from 3 or More Ribs, Open Approach
- 0PC23ZZExtirpation of Matter from 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Approach
- 0PC24ZZExtirpation of Matter from 3 or More Ribs, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0PC30ZZExtirpation of Matter from Cervical Vertebra, Open Approach
- 0PC33ZZExtirpation of Matter from Cervical Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach
- 0PC34ZZExtirpation of Matter from Cervical Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0PC40ZZExtirpation of Matter from Thoracic Vertebra, Open Approach
- 0PC43ZZExtirpation of Matter from Thoracic Vertebra, Percutaneous Approach
- 0PC44ZZExtirpation of Matter from Thoracic Vertebra, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach