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0QHC08Z

0QHC08Z: Insertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Insertion of Limb Length Dev into L Low Femur, Open Approach

How 0QHC08Z 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.

  1. 0SectionMedical and Surgical: What family of procedure this is
  2. QBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. HRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
  4. CBody partThe specific site
  5. 0ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. 8DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 0QHC08Z

In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.

  • 0QHB46ZInsertion of Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device into Right Lower Femur, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0QHB48ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Right Lower Femur, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0QHB4BZInsertion of Monoplanar External Fixation Device into Right Lower Femur, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0QHB4CZInsertion of Ring External Fixation Device into Right Lower Femur, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0QHB4DZInsertion of Hybrid External Fixation Device into Right Lower Femur, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0QHC04ZInsertion of Internal Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC05ZInsertion of External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC06ZInsertion of Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC08ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC0BZInsertion of Monoplanar External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC0CZInsertion of Ring External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC0DZInsertion of Hybrid External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Open Approach
  • 0QHC34ZInsertion of Internal Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0QHC35ZInsertion of External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0QHC36ZInsertion of Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0QHC38ZInsertion of Limb Lengthening External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0QHC3BZInsertion of Monoplanar External Fixation Device into Left Lower Femur, Percutaneous Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027