0QPG05Z
0QPG05Z: Removal of External Fixation Device from Right Tibia, Open Approach
Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS
CMS abbreviated title: Removal of Ext Fix from R Tibia, Open Approach
How 0QPG05Z 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
- QBody systemWhich system it acts on
- PRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
- GBody partThe specific site
- 0ApproachHow the site was reached
- 5DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
- ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies
Codes near 0QPG05Z
In CMS’s own ordering, which groups codes that differ by only the last character or two, usually the approach, device or qualifier.
- 0QPF44ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Left Patella, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0QPF45ZRemoval of External Fixation Device from Left Patella, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0QPF47ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Left Patella, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0QPF4JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Left Patella, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0QPF4KZRemoval of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Left Patella, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
- 0QPFX4ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Left Patella, External Approach
- 0QPFX5ZRemoval of External Fixation Device from Left Patella, External Approach
- 0QPG04ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Right Tibia, Open Approach
- 0QPG05ZRemoval of External Fixation Device from Right Tibia, Open Approach
- 0QPG07ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Tibia, Open Approach
- 0QPG0JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Right Tibia, Open Approach
- 0QPG0KZRemoval of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Right Tibia, Open Approach
- 0QPG34ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Right Tibia, Percutaneous Approach
- 0QPG35ZRemoval of External Fixation Device from Right Tibia, Percutaneous Approach
- 0QPG37ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Tibia, Percutaneous Approach
- 0QPG3JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Right Tibia, Percutaneous Approach
- 0QPG3KZRemoval of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Right Tibia, Percutaneous Approach