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0WQ3XZZ

0WQ3XZZ — Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach

Billable / specific codeICD-10-PCS

CMS abbreviated title: Repair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach

How 0WQ3XZZ 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. QRoot operationThe objective — the verb of the procedure
  4. 3Body 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 0WQ3XZZ

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

  • 0WQ0XZZRepair Head, External Approach
  • 0WQ20ZZRepair Face, Open Approach
  • 0WQ23ZZRepair Face, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ24ZZRepair Face, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ2XZZRepair Face, External Approach
  • 0WQ30ZZRepair Oral Cavity and Throat, Open Approach
  • 0WQ33ZZRepair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ34ZZRepair Oral Cavity and Throat, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ3XZZRepair Oral Cavity and Throat, External Approach
  • 0WQ40ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Open Approach
  • 0WQ43ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ44ZZRepair Upper Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ4XZZRepair Upper Jaw, External Approach
  • 0WQ50ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Open Approach
  • 0WQ53ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Percutaneous Approach
  • 0WQ54ZZRepair Lower Jaw, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach
  • 0WQ5XZZRepair Lower Jaw, External Approach
ICD-10-PCSFY2026