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0WBLXZZ

0WBLXZZ — Excision of Lower Back, External Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Excision of Lower Back, External Approach

How 0WBLXZZ 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. WBody systemWhich system it acts on
  3. BRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. LBody partThe specific site
  5. XApproachHow the site was reached
  6. ZDeviceWhat was left in place, if anything
  7. ZQualifierA further distinction where one applies

Codes near 0WBLXZZ

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

  • 0WBKXZZExcision of Upper Back, External Approach
  • 0WBL0ZXExcision of Lower Back, Open Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBL0ZZExcision of Lower Back, Open Approach
  • 0WBL3ZXExcision of Lower Back, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBL3ZZExcision of Lower Back, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WBL4ZXExcision of Lower Back, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBL4ZZExcision of Lower Back, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WBLXZXExcision of Lower Back, External Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBLXZZExcision of Lower Back, External Approach
  • 0WBM0ZXExcision of Male Perineum, Open Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBM0ZZExcision of Male Perineum, Open Approach
  • 0WBM3ZXExcision of Male Perineum, Percutaneous Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBM3ZZExcision of Male Perineum, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WBM4ZXExcision of Male Perineum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBM4ZZExcision of Male Perineum, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WBMXZXExcision of Male Perineum, External Approach, Diagnostic
  • 0WBMXZZExcision of Male Perineum, External Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026