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0SPC38Z

0SPC38Z: Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Removal of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Perc Approach

How 0SPC38Z 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. SBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. PRoot operationThe objective: the verb of the procedure
  4. CBody partThe specific site
  5. 3ApproachHow the site was reached
  6. 8DeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 0SPC38Z

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

  • 0SPC0LZRemoval of Medial Unicondylar Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC0MZRemoval of Lateral Unicondylar Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC0NZRemoval of Patellofemoral Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Open Approach
  • 0SPC30ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC33ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC34ZRemoval of Internal Fixation Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC35ZRemoval of External Fixation Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC37ZRemoval of Autologous Tissue Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC38ZRemoval of Spacer from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3JCRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Patellar Surface, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3JZRemoval of Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3KZRemoval of Nonautologous Tissue Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3LZRemoval of Medial Unicondylar Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3MZRemoval of Lateral Unicondylar Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC3NZRemoval of Patellofemoral Synthetic Substitute from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0SPC40ZRemoval of Drainage Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0SPC43ZRemoval of Infusion Device from Right Knee Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2027